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Re:Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today by WorldWideWayne on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:23PM (#9970115)
In my opinion - everybody already gave up their freedoms via Android and iOS, so (someone at) Microsoft feels like there won't be a problem with demanding the same on Windows.

Moves like this always draw ire from us power users, but with enough public outcry, we get what we want. Sometimes we get it through third party software. It's a game that's been played many times with many different companies because unfortunately, greed powers much of the world.

Re:Windows 10 Free Upgrade Available in 190 Countries Today by frik on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @04:04PM (#9971222)
One can have all his freedom with Android, iOS and Windows <10 - it's just gets harder with every new version.

And there hopefully will be an public outcry and/or tools to remove the telemetry logging, cloud lock-in, etc from Win10 too. In the end an OS upgrade should have a benefit, in the worst case Win7 is supported until 2020.