I guess Microsoft realised that most users would install "third-party" adware anyway, and decided to get in on the action. Fortunately these days computers hav

I guess Microsoft realised that most users would install "third-party" adware anyway, and decided to get in on the action. Fortunately these days computers have gotten to the point where you can run an old OS from them, like 98/2K in the browser[1][2], or make a little VM and install it, so you can remind yourself that MS wasn't always like that. IMHO the messages coming with updates started becoming intensely creepy around Windows 10, the first time the unskippable "all your files are exactly where you left them" ominous ransomware-like screen appeared: https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/3x88yj/all_your_files_are_where_you_left_them_what_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/3x88yj/all_your_fi... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15763418 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15763418 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38376731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38376731