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Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by curt15 on Monday June 27, 2016 @11:59AM (#11987028)
>but I also agree that we don't want another "XP situation" with Windows 7"

How does Apple avoid "XP situations" without shoving system updates down users' throats? New versions of iOS typically achieve >80% adoption rates.

Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by blakeyrat on Monday June 27, 2016 @05:37PM (#11989714)
Everything Microsoft's doing with Windows 10 is already following Apple's example. Requiring an online account to log into the OS, offering free OS updates with extreme nagging. Integrating an ad-supported software store into the OS. That's all stuff Apple had done way before Microsoft.

People just don't bitch about Apple because Apple is "cool" and Microsoft is "lame". I guess.

And Apple's raking-in of massive amounts of $$$ shows that it's exactly what people want. So it should be absolutely no surprise that Microsoft's following their lead.

Re:Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Win... by Aldo_MX on Monday June 27, 2016 @12:40PM (#11987374)
They're following Microsoft's example, I have iOS 9.2 in my iPad, I receive at least two nags per day...