So why are we allowing Microsoft to get away with it?
https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/publications/tradeoff-...
edit: fixed URL I copied from the wrong tab
It starts a step before that - awareness. Most folks aren't aware of the things that are done, and even of those who are only a minor subset consider these things to be a problem.
Lack of motivation to try to make change winnows out most of those who get past the first two problems. The unfortunate truth is that of the small subset who are aware and offended, most simply have higher priorities.
I totally disagree. With today's media most people are hyper aware, disproportionately, of everything that goes on. Perhaps even desensitized by their over-awareness.
Anybody that continues to use their products is asking for more of this crap. Some may complain that their business depends on Windows; that's unfortunate, but why didn't they have a second source for all mission critical dependencies?
My stance is... if they use 6gb of my internet to download updates... okay, whatever... i get unlimited(ish). But if I turn it off and it still does it... that sounds more like a bug in their software. It's still not a big enough deal for me not go with Windows for an OS... it's too good of an OS. I don't think it warrants boycotting MS.
P.S. I didn't pay for Win10. They gave me the upgrade for free.
Oh, you paid for it; the price tag simply wasn't in dollars. You should probably see Aral Balkan's explanation[1] of the concept.
[1] https://projectbullrun.org/surveillance/2015/video-2015.html...
The people who make the software you use don't do that? Don't use their software.
If nothing else, supporting fewer active versions would make MS more responsive to any security issues that do arise.
In fact, I'd say it's less secure since it hasn't been as well tested in the wild as Win 7/8.