Microsoft Faces Two New Lawsuits Over Aggressive Windows 10 Upgrade Tactics

Microsoft is facing two more lawsuits over its Windows 10 upgrade tactics. The first lawsuit comes from U.S. District Court in Florida, where the company has been accused of violating "laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements" The suit, PCWorld reports, says Microsoft's tactics are against the FTC's rules on deceptive and unfair practices. The second lawsuit was filed last month in Haifa, Israel alleging that Microsoft installed Windows 10 on users' computer without their consent. It's similar to another recent lawsuit that was filed against Microsoft in which the Redmond company had to pay a sum of $10,000. The company, however, believes that these new lawsuits won't succeed. In a statement to The Seattle Times, the company said:We believe the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and we are confident we'll be successful in court.

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Re:Fuck MS

[kheldan]

If your computer was a self-driving car, what Microsoft is doing is more or less the equivalent of them arbitrarily saying "We want your destination to be {arbitrary location}, not where you said you wanted to go, because we run your car and we'll do as we please."
This is why Microsoft must be brought to heel: you own your computer, regardless of what OS has been on it, and it is not, nor has it ever been, Microsoft's prerogative to decide whether you 'upgrade' or not, install patches or not, or anything else.

Microsoft needs to be forced to be broken up again, like they did once before, the last time they got too big for their britches and started bullying everyone. Microsoft fanbois and shills can go fuck themselves, too, we know who you are, you're not fooling anyone, and we don't want to hear any more of your bullshit so STFU.