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Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote: 

> John Doe wrote: 
>> Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote: 
>>> Peter Huebner <p.w.h...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>>>
>>>> I find it easier to not install windows 10. 
>>>>
>>>> I see the sheep flocking to it though. I think I'll give up gaming 
>>>> or run things (that will run) under Linux before I put that giant 
>>>> bit of spyware on my box. It's like the Microsoft Borg: All your 
>>>> computers is belong to us.  No. Piss off. 
>>
>> Microsoft are/is no longer a Borg. And it's under extreme pressure 
>> from ultraportable PCs. That is to me obviously why it's giving away 
>> Windows 10. It's not just trying to monopolize that market, it's 
>> feeling backward pressure from that market. Apple's iPhone revenue 
>> alone is more than all of Microsoft's revenue combined. And then 
>> there's Android. And Chromebooks. 
>>
>>> Sorry, but you seem to have succumbed to the tin foil hat theorists.
>>
>> Microsoft would if it could. 
>>
>>> With only a few seconds spent customizing the privacy settings on 
>>> install 
>>
>> Currently I turn every one of them off. 
>>
>>> Don't hold your breath for Linux to become a valid gaming or desktop
>>> OS option.  I was telling people that 22 years ago, and every year 
>>> since, and it has never been more true than right now. 
>>
>> When I first got on the Internet, two guys were discussing Linux. One 
>> of them said it's the Holy Grail of operating systems. Still is. It's 
>> so incredibly irritating (and they know it) when asking a serious 
>> question about games or other software (like speech recognition) and 
>> they say "no problem". Some Linux Lunatics are so incredibly full of 
>> it it's unbelievable. Obviously Linux is good for some things, but 
>> any real computer user knows that what matters is whether the OS runs 
>> the applications you need. 
>
> I've been reading a lot of stuff about Win 10.  Some items that the 
> independent experts all seem to agree on. 
> 
> 1) (and this isn't even the experts, this is simply what IS happening) 
> Unless you have taken and continue to constantly take precautions to 
> prevent it, Microsoft WILL upgrade your Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10. 
> Without your permission. 

Maybe you should upgrade your tinfoil cap. 

I know for a fact that the "constantly take precautions" part is false. 
Every once in a while I see a pop-up about upgrading to Windows 10, but 
it simply does not happen on its own. 

Setting Windows Updates to manual is not rocket science. 

If I initiate Windows Updates, the upgrade to Windows 10 will be 
checked. However, I can simply uncheck that and get anything/everything 
else. 

I'm one of those experts. I make backups of my Windows drive. I have
accepted the Windows 10 upgrade twice so far (mainly out of curiosity).
Then reverted to Windows 8.1 by simply restoring one of the copies.