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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by 0x0 on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:03PM (#11826474)
I think it is more a reaction that Microsoft is suddenly "changing the deal" and forcing users to get something that was never part of the bargain. People are feeling cheated and tricked and lose all trust in Microsoft. Heck, people are getting interrupted with a forced upgrade when they livestream games or present the weather on TV. Who knows if there's more surprises in the windows 10 pipeline?
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:12PM (#11826528)
I hope there are many more "surprises" in store for the luddites who refuse to install a modern operating system on their computers.

This actively harmful view of how computer security works needs to be swiftly punished.

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by 0x0 on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:13PM (#11826530)
What's insecure about Windows 7? It still receives security updates?
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:16PM (#11826554)
This is a shortsighted way of thinking. The goal is to move beyond "releases", and to a continuously upgrading OS, like OS X.
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by detaro on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:34PM (#11826671)
Why is "I have a secure OS that still is supported and will be for quite a while, I'll upgrade when I replace this computer/have to reinstall the OS anyways" shortsighted?
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:35PM (#11826676)
Because the people providing support would rather not.

They're the ones telling you to upgrade.

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by detaro on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:40PM (#11826708)
They promised to provide support and got paid for it, so they should do their job, or clearly announce that they are unable to do so.
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @06:45PM (#11826742)
Their support is telling you to upgrade (for FREE) to Windows 10.

They never said how they would offer you support.

Edit: Also, I'm not entirely sure there are any support contracts for Windows by itself, I think you need to buy a contract from Microsoft for something like that.

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by pritambaral on Thursday June 02, 2016 @07:40PM (#11827138)
> They never said how they would offer you support

Did they not say they'd offer "security fixes", and not "complete UI changes, deprecation of perfectly working runtimes, shoving of new runtimes". The former is support; the latter, is finalization of misleading marketing.

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @08:30PM (#11827459)
They did not do this, no.
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by pritambaral on Friday June 03, 2016 @03:18AM (#11828848)
So, you're saying, that when one installs Windows (not just 10, or 8, even 7) on their system, they give up full control of their system to Microsoft? To do as Microsoft pleases?

In effect, you're agreeing with RMS. (I'm thankful I don't use Windows, precisely for this reason that Microsoft may do whatever they want with my hardware and my data, and without even playing fair to get my consent.)

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Friday June 03, 2016 @11:21AM (#11830821)
...or there's a rational middle ground that you're completely ignoring because this is the Internet and you're trying really hard to push my argument into a corner, where you can then disregard it and continue to be a selective extremist.
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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by jlgaddis on Thursday June 02, 2016 @07:19PM (#11826988)
My MacBook Pro is still running 10.10. Although I occasionally get a notification that an upgrade to 10.11 is available, it's certainly not being forced on me.
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