Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on more PCs

Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @07:10PM (#11826922)

You don't have a cell phone but for you the Windows breaking point was when Win10 came out?

I think you're either not being very honest, or you don't know about the myriad of privacy issues Microsoft has had over its entire lifetime...

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by wolfgke on Thursday June 02, 2016 @07:37PM (#11827123)

I know that I tolerated some things that Microsoft did for too long. I'm far from perfect here. What Microsoft did in Windows 10 was rather the final straw.

I nevertheless still stand by my thesis that the privacy issues that Windows introduced in the past have been far less severe than the privacy issues cell phones introduce (let alone for the fact that one can be geolocated for the whole time).

By the way: I know quite some people who don't have a cell phone for similar reasons.

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by dimino on Thursday June 02, 2016 @08:31PM (#11827467)

> By the way: I know quite some people who don't have a cell phone for similar reasons.

Please, I beg of you -- don't even pretend like this view holds a significant percentage of the greater population's mind.

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Re:Microsoft uses malware tactics to foist Windows 10 on mor... by internaut on Saturday June 04, 2016 @06:52AM (#11835853)

It's not the greater population but it is many of the key people in the business world and it is especially noticeable in Silicon Valley. Many geeks I know don't have social networking accounts or phones now.

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