Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
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Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#2I am frankly surprised that she's the first one who's tried taking Microsoft to court. I kind of anticipated that there would be a class action lawsuit after Microsoft made Windows 10 a "recommended" update--meaning anyone who had their Win 7 or 8 machines set to install recommended updated automatically would get updated without being made aware of it.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#3The idea of "let's put a popup on everyone's computer telling them they can download the next version of Windows for free" simply reeks of malware shit. Even worse is when they decided to force it on everyone else who doesn't automatically click "OK" on every dialog box they see.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#4Microsoft are trying to following Apple's approach in dealing with users.
But I think there is a bit of a difference here. Apple users opted in. They knew how Apple operates before they bought Apple products. The same cannot be said for long time Microsoft customers.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#5Microsoft are trying to following Apple's approach in dealing with users. But I think there is a bit of a difference here. Apple users opted in. They knew how Apple operates before they bought Apple products. The same cannot be said for long time Microsoft customers.
What do you mean by "Apple's approach"? I've never been forced to upgrade the OS on my iPhone or Macbook pro.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#6This is one of many more to come. Forcing people to install your new OS without their consent is scum bag behavior. With Apple I'm given the option to upgrade to a new version of the OS. On Windows, they want to cram it down your throat and hope for the best. And I won't even get into all of the psychological ploys they use to try and trick users into upgrading to Windows 10.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#7Microsoft are trying to following Apple's approach in dealing with users. But I think there is a bit of a difference here. Apple users opted in. They knew how Apple operates before they bought Apple products. The same cannot be said for long time Microsoft customers.
What do you mean by "Apple's approach"? I've never been forced to upgrade the OS on my iPhone or Macbook pro.
Forced, no. Incessantly bothered, yes. iOS in specific starts popping up modal dialogs once it sees a new update.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you mean by "Apple's approach"? I've never been forced to upgrade the OS on my iPhone or Macbook pro.
Forced, no. Incessantly bothered, yes. iOS in specific starts popping up modal dialogs once it sees a new update.
Microsoft and Apple try to protect users from themselves. Users get angry. Users get hacked. Users get angry again.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#9Microsoft are trying to following Apple's approach in dealing with users. But I think there is a bit of a difference here. Apple users opted in. They knew how Apple operates before they bought Apple products. The same cannot be said for long time Microsoft customers.
What do you mean by "Apple's approach"? I've never been forced to upgrade the OS on my iPhone or Macbook pro.
I suppose they mean taking Apple's "We know what is good for you better than you do" approach. While Apple currently does not force OS upgrades, they do make a lot of decisions for their users without giving their users an opt-out or a way to roll back. This idea top-down, walled garden is pretty central to contemporary Apple.
Re: Woman wins $10k judgment against Microsoft for forced Windows 10 upgrade
#10There are many helpful things about Windows 10 - security, update, performance. Then there's the new screwed-up interface. If they'd staged these two, or offered them separately, there'd be less resistance.