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Microsoft Faces Two New Lawsuits Over Aggressive Windows 10 Upgrade Tactics

Posted by msmash on from the growing-pain dept.

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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  1. Fuck MS by sexconker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fuck MS. Mod +5 Insightful because you know it's true and no more needs to be said on the matter.

    1. Re:Fuck MS by npslider · · Score: 4, Insightful

      How much does a judge cost these days?

    2. Re:Fuck MS by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Doesn't matter. Remember that they lost big in the EU, only got a slap on the wrist for it, and delayed complying with the court orders for so long that the punishment was moot. Microsoft laughs at your puny courts.

  2. And the reason being... by npslider · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "We believe the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and we are confident we'll be successful in court."

    Primarily due to the courts computers running Windows...

  3. Why do they even seek comment? by Lendrick · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I mean, what's MS going to say? 'We believe this case has a lot of merit and we're probably going to lose'?

  4. Re:Class-Action? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What would be really fair is forcing them to open source XP. A user supported fully 64 bit XP (that was able to run all 32 bit programs and drivers) would wipe the floor with anything they've produced since.

    As a bonus all the "no longer supported but perfectly working hardware" could still be run too. Windows 7 and beyond shit on a lot of perfectly good, expensive, hardware.

    Me, I'm hoping for ReactOS to get to the point it can run te drivers for some of my older hardware. That would be the ideal solution to the Microsoft problrem.