Windows 10 (and perhaps 8) was the beginning of Windows as spyware and adware that exists to manipulate rather than serve the user (outside of past obscure edge

Windows 10 (and perhaps 8) was the beginning of Windows as spyware and adware that exists to manipulate rather than serve the user (outside of past obscure edge cases like Windows's anti-piracy mechanisms and disabling debugging on audiodg.exe). Now we have forced Microsoft accounts at install time, gaslighting users for switching off Edge and sending your Edge browsing history to coupon clipping sites, telemetry in Windows and Visual Studio and every time you open a MSVC command prompt, Visual Studio phoning home your menu searched to the web for "cloud AI menu search results"...