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Microsoft to Make Vista 10 'Upgrade' Virtually Mandatory to Virtually All Windows Users (Unless They're Technical Enough to Block it)

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Summary: The same old vanity and the abusive behaviour of Microsoft is showing again, as the company disregards the will of users and essentially takes over their machines, putting Orwellian levels of surveillance on them (in the name of 'security', of course!)

THE WORLD'S most aggressive software company (which doesn't even make all that much software, as a lot of the code gets acquired, not developed) is forcing people to change. It is imposing its spyware, Vista 10, on people's PCs unless they're savvy enough to stop it.



"Say goodbye to this abusive behaviour from Microsoft as it's only going to get worse in future years."According to this article, one needs to actually follow guides to manage to prevent Microsoft from doing this. "If you're using a PC running Windows 7 or 8," it explains, "you may be getting a little sick of endless popup screens telling you to upgrade to version 10. And you may be worried about inadvertently installing the upgrade as part of a security update. Microsoft will start pushing out a Windows 10 upgrade as a recommended, virtually mandatory, update very soon (it's right now only an optional download). Some people are tempted to turn off Windows Update completely to avoid getting the new operating system – don't."

Well, don't, indeed. Just install GNU/Linux on the PC. Say goodbye to this abusive behaviour from Microsoft as it's only going to get worse in future years. Microsoft inadvertently made it known some days ago that it is stalking Windows users in real time. This one new article says: "We now know just how much Windows 10 is spying on everybody, and it’s all thanks to Microsoft itself. In a Windows Blog post, Microsoft details a number of stats related to Windows 10 usage. However, these usage stats inadvertently reveal how much data the company is collecting on Windows 10 users."

"When North Korea does something similar by creating its own warped distribution of GNU/Linux the Western press jumps/capitalises on the old news to berate GNU/Linux, not when Vista 10 does the same or worse."If it was some small company doing the same thing, there would be severe consequences, like having their offices raided by law enforcement and employees escorted into custody in handcuffs. Microsoft, however, is very well connected with the US government and with the NSA. Microsoft gives them advantage on the espionage front. When North Korea does something similar by creating its own warped distribution of GNU/Linux the Western press jumps/capitalises on the old news to berate GNU/Linux, but not when Vista 10 does the same or worse.

Microsoft has already kick-started FUD tactics, warning people that they'll get hurt (in the security sense) if they don't 'upgrade'. Now is a good time to dump Windows altogether.

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