Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
by thrower123 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:50AM
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The Windows Error Reporter has existed since forever. I don't understand why people are acting as though this is a new nefarious thing in Windows 10.
Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
by CamperBob2 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:16PM
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Because it's no longer optional. Even if you think you're turning it off, they'll just redefine or outright revert the preference setting whenever they feel like it, typically as part of a forced update.
The user's opinions and desires are not on anybody's radar at MS, except to then extent that they coincide with the company's own desires.
Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
by tinus_hn on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:33PM
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Windows Error Reporter doesn’t record everything you click. Microsoft Telemetry does.
Maybe consumers are simply becoming more aware.
Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
by ghostbrainalpha on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:31AM
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That's funny, but they can only ask ONCE if they can always send crash data, not ask again every time the program crashes, which solves that problem.
Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
by reaperducer on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:28PM
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I think it's (and should be) up to the operating system, not the vendor. When programs eat themselves on macOS I get the option to send debug information to the programmer each time. Sometimes twice if the program has its own crash reporting mechanism, too (Panic's Coda, for example).
Maybe there's an "always remember my selection" checkbox, but I don't remember ever seeing it, except once a year when I install the new version of macOS.
Re:WordPad Is Gettings Ads in Windows 10
by hombre_fatal on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:00PM
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There's even a comment box where you can explain what you were doing when the error occurred. I like to think someone out there reads my helpful comments. I would love that as a client developer. :(
I want my OS maker to ask for stack traces so they can fix crashes. I do not want this to be a default with no way to opt out. Even crash data is my data, not Microsoft's, and Microsoft should ask my permission each time it happens the way that MacOS does.
Then again, that might make people aware of how often programs go sideways on Windows, which is not in Microsoft's interest.