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Dear Microsoft,
I dearly love you. I confess I love your operating system. Without it I would probably never have had the enjoyment and work I have had to date.
However,
You see those settings there, yes those ones, yeah the one that says telemetry, I turned them off for a reason. Quick guess why, feel free, the answer should be pretty clear.
Stop effing trying to get more data from people who do not want you to have it! Yes, I know there are options for you turn their data collection to minimum, but, it quite clearly states you will have less usage of certain features. And to those happy for MS to have your data, great! Good for you.
I, however, just want to use my computer and keep my data to myself.
You see, its not about having anything to hide. Its the principle of it. Its the knowledge that what goes on in my computer is my business. Kind of like a bedroom. You could see how that would feel like an invasion of privacy, no?
LIke i said, I do love Windows. But stop pulling these stunts! And for the love of sanity (what little i have left), stop changing my settings. They are off, or on, for a reason.
Yours,
Danny.
P.S. Oh, and if you wouldnt mind, stop pushing the updates on me, please. If I say I will do it later, I will do it later. I dont need you to keep prodding me. I realise that I need to install updates for the sake of security (heh! Did that word change while I was away, or?) But I will do it when the PC/Laptop will be idling.
Thanks!
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FWIW, your complaint is one that MS is well aware of by now
Something that an increasing number of people are doubting. It is far more than one voice in the wilderness - while I'm concentrating on the updates side more of his post as that is what concerns me more these are just some of the active threads in just the last 30 days on the subject of how updates are delivered (never mind those who have problems with them):
Loving you, is killing me
When you know it should be thrilling me
Loving you, is choking me slowly
When I'm with you I still feel real lowly
Loving you, is busting me
You don't ever put your trust in me
Loving you, should mean that I'm your king
You don't make me feel like anything
-Aloe Blacc (what a performer!)
FWIW, your complaint is one that MS is well aware of by now
Something that an increasing number of people are doubting. It is far more than one voice in the wilderness - while I'm concentrating on the updates side more of his post as that is what concerns me more these are just some of the active threads in just the last 30 days on the subject of how updates are delivered (never mind those who have problems with them):
What is your point, and what do you hope to accomplish by posting it here? An "...increasing number of people are doubting..." that Microsoft is unaware that some people aren't happy about Windows Update? Do you really think they didn't know that some people wouldn't be happy at the time they made the decision to do updates as they're being done now?
Their approach certainly begs the question if they were aware or alternatively care. My point and what I hope to accomplish is simply awareness - if no one complains at all nothing will ever get changed and posting to the feedback hub certainly hasn't made any difference - when I was actively participating in the insider program for a long time 6 out of the top 10 issues with plenty of up votes were to do with the manner in which updates were implemented.
FWIW, your complaint is one that MS is well aware of by now
Something that an increasing number of people are doubting. It is far more than one voice in the wilderness - while I'm concentrating on the updates side more of his post as that is what concerns me more these are just some of the active threads in just the last 30 days on the subject of how updates are delivered (never mind those who have problems with them):
What is your point, and what do you hope to accomplish by posting it here? An "...increasing number of people are doubting..." that Microsoft is unaware that some people aren't happy about Windows Update? Do you really think they didn't know that some people wouldn't be happy at the time they made the decision to do updates as they're being done now?
You aren't addressing anyone in an official capacity from Microsoft here. This is a peer-to-peer help community. FWIW, your complaint is one that MS is well aware of by now, so one voice in the wilderness isn't likely to generate much interest anyway.
