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Microsoft is clearly not committing suicide: Look at how much attention this feature has got them. Every tech publication is talking about Windows. Windows is suddenly relevant again! How is that suicide?

It is Microsoft customers that is committing suicide, by leaving this feature on. Users need to be educated on the dangers of this feature, and how to turn the feature off.

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If someone points a gun at you, says "I am going to shoot you in 5 seconds" and then you stand there and get shot instead of diving behind cover, its still not suicide. its a dumb death but the shooter still committed a homicide.

And i do feel like that is a decent analogy for the situation

We went over the slippery slope and have the wind in our hair.

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