I am of the same mind. In simpler cases, it would make sense to "resist", like buying a smart TV for its screen, and just never connecting it to the internet, b

I am of the same mind. In simpler cases, it would make sense to "resist", like buying a smart TV for its screen, and just never connecting it to the internet, because the software is shit. But in a case of an auto updating operating system? Forget the idea of controlling it. It will be whatever the vendor wants. Or rather, it's either drastic measures, like installing it from a local source and keeping it offline, or whatever the vendor wants. We can have achievements like blocking the IP for the news and weather, and then those widgets won't load, great. But we gained nothing. I arrived on the same conclusion as you, that you cannot really selectively accept a service provider. Because of the nature of the ongoing relationship, posture evaluation would need to happen on every interaction, which is improbable. I don't think we can evaluate every update. So really, it's either trust, or no trust. No sense to lull ourselves into anything else. I personally solve this for myself with compartmentalization. For example, I loathe Windows, but I use an LTSC edition of it for gaming, and only gaming. I don't trust them with my "life", so it doesn't get access to my data, just games.