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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by paulryanrogers on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:19PM (#16387727)
This is very unprofessional. Sadly iOS suffers a similar fate with Bluetooth.
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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by urda on Thursday February 15, 2018 @05:49PM (#16388482)
> Sadly iOS suffers a similar fate with Bluetooth.

What are you talking about?

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by paulryanrogers on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:10PM (#16388602)
Updates re-enable Bluetooth regardless of the user's preference [0]. (Or did until newer versions, I haven't updated one in a while.)

[0] http://finance.yahoo.com/news/this-is-why-apple-enables-blue...

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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by urda on Friday February 16, 2018 @04:52PM (#16396785)
Enabling a a core wireless radio feature != installing unwanted software.
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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by paulryanrogers on Monday February 19, 2018 @01:19PM (#16414550)
True, but I'd classify both as overriding explicit user preferences.
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Re:Hey Microsoft, Stop Installing Apps on My PC Without Asking by IshKebab on Thursday February 15, 2018 @04:34PM (#16387865)
It, reinstalls Bluetooth?
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