I think they dropped the bomb now so they could test the waters. If there's enough pushback, they'll slow down, make it opt-in, etc., but the goal is still even

I think they dropped the bomb now so they could test the waters. If there's enough pushback, they'll slow down, make it opt-in, etc., but the goal is still even more spying. Data mining the users of the most popular desktop operating system is a too huge profit opportunity to miss for ethical reasons.