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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by daveguy on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:18PM (#12306952)
Yes. If you want that control, all you have to do is buy a subscription [0]. $7 per month isn't that much to be able to control your own computer is it? That's only $84 per year or $252 every 3 years -- it's practically a discount for buying an upgrade every 3 years!

[0] http://www.computerworld.com/article/2867542/microsoft-touts...

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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @05:21PM (#12308577)
(Shrug) They'll just change the deal as soon as I sign up, like they always do.
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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by _xander on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @06:20PM (#12308925)
It comes with Office365 too! I'd totally buy this for the added control over home edition, but it looks like Microsoft only sells this license in bulk to big businesses in my region. Then again...it turns out that you can upgrade to enterprise without a valid key [1] and that there are no real penalties for doing this [2]. So, shrug, I guess they don't want my money - and I'm not going to use an OS that turns me into a mineable dataset.

[1] http://www.howtogeek.com/250503/how-to-upgrade-to-windows-10...

[2] http://www.howtogeek.com/244678/you-dont-need-a-product-key-...

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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by cryptarch on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @07:36PM (#12309356)
Would you happen to have an up-to-date guide? The one you linked doesn't work in a fresh Win10 Home VM.
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Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri... by _xander on Thursday August 18, 2016 @07:30AM (#12311640)
I don't unfortunately and I haven't got around to trying it yet. If you (or anyone else on HN) finds something that works, could you post the link here?
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