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Windows Telemetry Rolls Out
ihtoit writes: Last week came the warning, now comes the roll out. One of the most most controversial aspects of Windows 10 is coming to Windows 7 and 8. Microsoft has released upgrades which enable the company to track what a user is doing. The updates – KB3075249, KB3080149 and KB3068708 – all add "customer experience and diagnostic telemetry" to the older versions. gHacks points out that the updates will ignore any previous user preferences reporting: "These four updates ignore existing user preferences stored in Windows 7 and Windows 8 (including any edits made to the Hosts file) and immediately starts exchanging user data with vortex-win.data.microsoft.com and settings-win.data.microsoft.com."
No, Microsoft Fucks you!
7 was good. 8 was crap. they skipped 9. the 'good' version we should have had and went right to 10. which is crap.
the pattern still holds and will not be fooled by the numbers.
so now we have to wait for 11. but there won't be an 11. just forever updates to 10 sticking that windows store deeper into your ass.
So much for the (bogus) argument that Linux is harder to install and maintain; that Linux requires too much command line work to get it working.
Microsoft used to just hate Mac and Linux users. Good to see they're expanding that to Windows users too, they where beginning to feel left out.
The real issue isn't so much the telemetry, it's: "Why is there a 'Get Office' app in my OS anyways?"
Let's call it what it is: when it was "Get Bonzi Buddy" or "Install The Ask Jeeves Toolbar!" it was malware. The "Get Office" app is also malware, and the people who designed it, developed it, and ordered its incorporation into the OS should all be shunned.