I think people downplaying the issue are so used to their phones that think this is acceptable on a computer.

Maybe it's my cynicism kicking in, or the political season ramping up even more, or the fact that I'm getting older and uglier and therefor more angry, but god damn it's like people are in la-la land.

It's pretty insane to me that so many people are this accepting of an OS that clearly has some nefarious agenda of some sort, or else why would they implement crazy shit like "oh yeah, turning off automatic updates is just a suggestion now -- and SURPRISE NEW FUCKING OS! Let's tie you up to a nifty Microsoft account and log you in! -- oh by default here's a shitload of tracking and creepy shit turned on, now let's download some bullshit! -- oh, did you click the red X? That now means 'I accept' :/".

We have reports of hospitals having problems, guys fighting animal abuse and poaching getting hit with GPS issues because suddenly Windows decides to forcefully upgrade the entire OS, and all sorts of problems, but people keep passing the blame over to the victims. "Yeah, well, despite the fact that Microsoft has never done anything like this for over two decades it's the user's fault because they had the Home version." Sure, we can argue these technicalities, but you know what many people such as small non-profits that do things like fight animal poaching do when looking for an OS? They look at what's familiar and what checks all the boxes, and I don't believe any of those boxes said "May cram W10 down your throat forcefully and install Candy Crush Saga".

It's amazing how so many people are so passive.

"Yeah, all the tracking and ad hooks built directly into the OS are a little weird, and I guess it's a little odd that the whole covers of the NSA and MS ties were blown off a couple years ago but that still sounds like conspiracy stuff and I get 10% faster FPS in my video games, so bravo Microsoft!"