Re:With Windows 10, Microsoft Disregards User Choice and Pri...
by brokenmachine on Thursday August 18, 2016 @01:22AM
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>BTW, the upgrade stuff was pretty hoaky
Hoaky? I'd go with deceptive, misleading, shady or dishonest instead of hoaky.
So you really think it's even in the ballpark of ok to force an update on people?
Personally, I don't have a need to update just so my OS is called Win 10 instead of Win 7. Plus I hate the Win 10 interface. I don't need touch enabled interfaces for my desktop OS.
There are many reasons why not to upgrade. Compatibility is a major one, unsupported hardware is another. The forced tracking is another. Need I go on? That's enough reasons for me.
Hoaky? I'd go with deceptive, misleading, shady or dishonest instead of hoaky.
So you really think it's even in the ballpark of ok to force an update on people?
Personally, I don't have a need to update just so my OS is called Win 10 instead of Win 7. Plus I hate the Win 10 interface. I don't need touch enabled interfaces for my desktop OS.
There are many reasons why not to upgrade. Compatibility is a major one, unsupported hardware is another. The forced tracking is another. Need I go on? That's enough reasons for me.