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Microsoft reveals details of Windows 10 usage tracking

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Re: Microsoft reveals details of Windows 10 usage tracking

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khedoros wrote: post #265
caskance wrote: post #261

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the official documentation for the feature that critics never want to read.

In the interests of providing a better answer than "In the official documentation": This is the Windows 10 retail EULA: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms/Retail/Windows/10/U... It links to "aka.ms/privacy", which takes you to: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/default.asp... There are some good examples of the categories of data that they collect and some information about which features, progra…

But apparently not interested enough to actually search for it or realize that I've already posted the link multiple times in this thread?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt577208(v=vs.85...

Re: Microsoft reveals details of Windows 10 usage tracking

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ocdtrekkie wrote: post #266
caskance wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For an stupid, arbitrarily chosen definition of consumer. Microsoft primary business is selling enterprise licenses. Complaining that the professional license doesn't have all features available in response to my own analogy with VS makes me think you have no interest in the actual truth and just want to argue for its own sake. Is that accurate?

No, it's that your constant defense of Microsoft makes no sense. It's not a logical decision for Microsoft to make. It's hurting their business and their reputation, for almost no appreciable gain. Microsoft has the best chance in the last decade of retaking their market share and their position of power in the tech industry, but they're shooting themselves in the head. It doesn't matter what their 'primary business'…

My "constant defense of Microsoft" is correcting a single way in which people are misinformed. I have never taken the stance that this is or isn't the correct decision for them. Just explaining what the factors are and what the decision actually did because so many people can't be bothered to look it up themselves.
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