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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by SeanDav on Friday February 03, 2017 @01:15AM (#13558108)
> "... especially when a lot of them resist attempts to modernise or even update the system."

I am one of those holdouts, however I would have upgraded a long time ago if Windows 10 had allowed me control over upgrades/updates and had better privacy. After the tricks that Microsoft pulled, trying to force me to upgrade to Windows 10, I do not trust Windows 10 and you cannot feel that about an OS and install it.

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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by NTripleOne on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:44AM (#13559133)
Disable the windows update service and now you have manual control over updates (enable when you want to update).

There's also a billion and one "one click privacy fix" tools like TRONscript, etc.

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Re:The woes of Windows 10 by scholia on Friday February 03, 2017 @02:03PM (#13562270)
Your loss. I trust Windows 10 a lot more than Android, and I use that as well ;-)

The future is more-or-less-continuous updates based on telemetry. That's how Google and Facebook work as well. Microsoft will never go back to a 3-year upgrade cycle, and no business should want to do that either.

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