Re:Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software
by r00fus on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:20PM
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It seems that Microsoft learned that advertising (and crapware pre-installs) is so profitable, they just bake it right into the Start menu as of Windows 10. Oh and let's add telemetry as well.
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Re:Viral 'I'm not a cat' filter is decades-old software
by WorldMaker on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:30PM
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Telemetry in Windows has been out of the box since Windows XP. Whether you are correct or not to be antagonistic about it, that ship sailed a long time before Windows 10 and current HN hysteria about it is almost funny (especially given how often articles about telemetry driven development and A/B testing get upvoted on HN when a startup is doing it).
You can turn off the advertising ("Suggestions") and as long as the bundled "crapware" remains UWP sandboxed, it is a far cry from most of what the OEMs have been accused of.