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Microsoft Will Never Again Sneakily Force Windows Downloads on Users (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the doing-the-right-thing dept.

A reader shares a report Windows users in Germany were particularly unimpressed when Microsoft forcibly downloaded many gigabytes of files to upgrade from Windows 7 and 8 to Windows 10. Having held out for 18 months, and losing its case twice, Microsoft has finally agreed to stop its nefarious tactics. After a lengthy battle with Germany's Baden-Wurtenberg consumer rights center, Microsoft made the announcement to avoid the continuation of legal action. A press release on the Baden-Wurtenberg website reveals that Microsoft has announced it will no longer download operating system files to users' computers without their permission: Microsoft will not download install files for new operating systems to a user system's hard disk without a user's consent. The consumer rights center hoped for this resolution to be reached much sooner, but Microsoft's decision will please the courts and could have a bearing on how the company acts in other countries.

5 of 200 comments (clear)

  1. Trust Us by FerociousFerret · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can trust us this time. Honest! We have changed.

  2. I totally read that as... by Ann+O'Nymous-Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft Will Again Sneakily Force Windows Downloads on Users

    because let's be real, they've got a track record.

  3. Payback by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    Germans complain about Microsoft and come back proclaiming "Peace for our time".

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  4. Re:Meaningless commitment by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1, Funny

    [...] they will no longer release new operating systems. Just massive updates to their only one.

    Ah, yes. The "Highlander" approach.

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  5. Re:And... by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 4, Funny
    They are not human, but, in law, they are a person. This puts them in much the same category as the undead, and evil spirits - to which they show a close resemblance.

    I'm with the meat grinder guy.

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