Which MSFT has been collecting since Win XP SP2. There are plenty of other OS's that do the same thing and plenty more than don't. If you are that paranoid, you are more than welcome to not use Windows/not work at a place that uses Windows/not use your passwords and usernames when using Windows.
Didn't they let you disable it though? Unlike what you just claimed is the case in Win10?
> you are more than welcome to not use Windows
Yes, and people would avoid upgrading to Windows 10 because of this, if you didn't shove it down their throats. Which is of course why you had to do that in the first place.
No, not to my knowledge. In fact, most people didn't even know that MSFT lit this feature up and they beefed it up for Vista.
I didn't shove anything down anyone's throat. Also, let's not pretend that everyone at MSFT was happy about this approach. But you have to think about it from MSFT's perspective. We are promising that if you move to Win10 you will always be up-to-date for the rest of the lifetime of Windows. You'll never pay for another upgrade/update. The benefit to MSFT is that if they get everyone over to 10, they only have to support a single core OS instead of backporting every single bug and security fix.
And no, MSFT isn't perfect, and it has made mistakes, just like every person and company on the planet. But it isn't doing this out of some malicious intent. The company is learning as it goes and genuinely trying to do right by its customers, but it doesn't matter what I say or what MSFT does, people like you will always find a reason to complain.
> No, not to my knowledge. In fact, most people didn't even know that MSFT lit this feature up and they beefed it up for Vista.
So you're saying you're unaware of the information on e.g. this page [1]? Which notably does not include Windows 10?
Notable quote (but not the only relevant one): "By default, error reporting is enabled. However, additional configuration steps are needed to configure error reporting, and no reports are sent unless these steps are completed."
> I didn't shove anything down anyone's throat.
I don't know about you personally, but so explain WTF was this crap they started doing after people were turning down the initial offers? [2]
"The redesigned GWX pop-up now treats EXITING the window as CONSENT for the Windows 10 upgrade."
> But you have to think about it from MSFT's perspective.
I never said what MS is doing is not beneficial to itself, did I?
> people like you will always find a reason to complain.
This is so wrong. I was pretty darn happy and not complaining about Windows XP, 7, or 8 (with the exception of 8's Metro UI). I've been complaining about Vista and 10. So it really does matter what MS does.
