Windows 10 and its creepy spying.

[phacemeltar]

Originally Posted by Ranndom [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The advertisement thing is an annoyance, but Just means if someone else uses your computer theyll get constant porn ads /chuckle

im one of those people who believes that the internet should not be a means for big business profiteering. i know thats a ridiculous concept these days, but ive been using the internet since before it was so obviously a thing.

im more than just metadata on someones server, and i think its unfair that they view me as such. maybe i didnt explain that correctly.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

OP: Please don't link to RPS without an archive. They don't deserve clicks.

[Ranndom]

Originally Posted by phacemeltar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

im one of those people who believes that the internet should not be a means for big business profiteering. i know thats a ridiculous concept these days, but ive been using the internet since before it was so obviously a thing.

im more than just metadata on someones server, and i think its unfair that they view me as such. maybe i didnt explain that correctly.

Well thats the thing. To anyone with any power, anywhere, You're just a statistic.
They dont care if you live, die, get hung by your balls, or jump off a cliff.

[Thulghor]

There are some Linux alternatives to Ubuntu that aren't terrible, but none are as easy to use as Ubuntu.

For the most part, it's a matter of either living without, or living with less and accepting that whatever you put up on the web, or connect to the web, is pretty much going to be checked out by someone.

We're in a cycle of sacrificing privacy and personal freedoms in exchange for perceived security and convenience.

Going to be a long uphill battle to fix it.

[Big_Japan]

15 He was permitted to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

[Mentathiel]

Those updates were for mostly for Xbox One, IIRC. They just got bundled into the generic Microsoft T&C. I know for a fact that the 'unauthorised hardware' thing was simply about Xbox hardware, while the pirate software was only for Microsoft software.
The privacy concerns are exaggerated, but are mostly true. They're also easy enough to fix with the "Ultimate Windows Tweaker" third-party software.

What people are ignoring is that Windows 10 is free for a good reason. It's nothing to do with spyware and everything to do with microtransactions. Why charge $200 for an OS when you can charge them $10 a shot for 25 apps which they were expecting to get for free?

Originally Posted by Thulghor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are some Linux alternatives to Ubuntu that aren't terrible, but none are as easy to use as Ubuntu.

Mint... (Cinnamon edition is Ubuntu, but how it should have been)

[Coffee]

dont be poor and pirate every piece of software you use

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Coffee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

dont be poor and pirate every piece of software you use

But i would be even poorer if i didnt pirate everything i wanted(next to games i play on Steam) :P

[dafier]

Just found out last night....because I don't pay attention that MSE on Win7 sends ALL file data scanned info whether it's a virus or not to Microsoft DB servers.