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Windows 10 Upgrade notices to change.. for the better?
So, looks like Microsoft might be returning a wee bit to sanity?
It's amazing how eager a company can be to please it's user base. All it took was a year of complaints, several third party programs developed to block Windows 10, alienating a large portion of their userbase causing a boost to Linux and Apple computers around the world, and a wee lawsuit judgement of $10,000 dollars against the company by a single woman that Microsoft was unwilling to appeal least it set in stone a baseline of what EVERY user who ended up with Windows 10 sneaking onto their system and ruining their PC and/or causing downtime in their jobs can expect to be entitled to should they bring forth their own claims.
With just that, Microsoft is finally willing to stop shoving Windows 10 down users throats with underhanded, deceitful practices. Granted they paraphrased that with "Listening to customer feedback". I would too since the reality of the situation is quite a mouthful and we're all busy people!
A mere month before the "free" upgrade period is up I might add. (ie: The damage is done, and Microsoft's rep is running on empty now anyhow.)
Essentially the X in the corner will no longer deceive a user into thinking they cancelled the automatically scheduled upgrade when it actually accepted the scheduled time. And apparently they will be adding a "Decline Free Upgrade" button to the "Upgrade" and "Reschedule for Later" buttons that were recently the only buttons Microsoft felt users needed as far as choice comes to their own hardware.
No, I'm not recommending anyone to breath a sigh of relief and go back to trusting Microsoft's upgrade service. (If you do, you'll deserve whatever happens! ^_^) I'd fully recommend on keeping a close eye on those updates. I'm sure they'll continue to unhide all the Windows 10 nagware updates no matter how often you hide them. And I fully expect the window to upgrade the OS to pop up randomly at the worst of times, perhaps with the OK button already selected - so when you accidentally hit enter one fateful day a split second after the popup graces you with it's presence...
Besides, and while I'm -pretty- sure I'm only joking when I say this, I kinda expect to start seeing a new wave of complaints within a month's time. Where people go about pressing the "Decline Free Upgrade" button only to have Windows 10 start installing right away - with an invoice for 120 bucks showing up in the mail a week later. :)
Sorry, but with the way Microsoft has been handling the upgrade process (or mishandling it) can you really fault me for thinking that? I'd say the only thing that would stop them from doing this is that it'd be near impossible to actually get someone to pay the invoice. ;)
It's amazing how eager a company can be to please it's user base. All it took was a year of complaints, several third party programs developed to block Windows 10, alienating a large portion of their userbase causing a boost to Linux and Apple computers around the world, and a wee lawsuit judgement of $10,000 dollars against the company by a single woman that Microsoft was unwilling to appeal least it set in stone a baseline of what EVERY user who ended up with Windows 10 sneaking onto their system and ruining their PC and/or causing downtime in their jobs can expect to be entitled to should they bring forth their own claims.
With just that, Microsoft is finally willing to stop shoving Windows 10 down users throats with underhanded, deceitful practices. Granted they paraphrased that with "Listening to customer feedback". I would too since the reality of the situation is quite a mouthful and we're all busy people!
A mere month before the "free" upgrade period is up I might add. (ie: The damage is done, and Microsoft's rep is running on empty now anyhow.)
Essentially the X in the corner will no longer deceive a user into thinking they cancelled the automatically scheduled upgrade when it actually accepted the scheduled time. And apparently they will be adding a "Decline Free Upgrade" button to the "Upgrade" and "Reschedule for Later" buttons that were recently the only buttons Microsoft felt users needed as far as choice comes to their own hardware.
No, I'm not recommending anyone to breath a sigh of relief and go back to trusting Microsoft's upgrade service. (If you do, you'll deserve whatever happens! ^_^) I'd fully recommend on keeping a close eye on those updates. I'm sure they'll continue to unhide all the Windows 10 nagware updates no matter how often you hide them. And I fully expect the window to upgrade the OS to pop up randomly at the worst of times, perhaps with the OK button already selected - so when you accidentally hit enter one fateful day a split second after the popup graces you with it's presence...
Besides, and while I'm -pretty- sure I'm only joking when I say this, I kinda expect to start seeing a new wave of complaints within a month's time. Where people go about pressing the "Decline Free Upgrade" button only to have Windows 10 start installing right away - with an invoice for 120 bucks showing up in the mail a week later. :)
Sorry, but with the way Microsoft has been handling the upgrade process (or mishandling it) can you really fault me for thinking that? I'd say the only thing that would stop them from doing this is that it'd be near impossible to actually get someone to pay the invoice. ;)
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And yeah, they are definitely still "republishing" (i.e. unhiding) the Win10 related updates after they've been hidden multiple times, at least as of two days ago anyway.
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The fun thing is that when pressed for further information about it, Microsoft's reply was "No further comment."
To me that's like admitting it. And really it would explain the underhanded, scummy tactics they've employed to push people onto Windows 10 (generally with them not at the keyboard.) Get them onto the "new free OS" oops, you can't go refusing updates, we need to keep you safe(ly in our clutches) User. Oh in this next update we're going to force you to start paying regularly. Failure to comply will make you wish you did!
People will of course just call me crazy for thinking Microsoft would dare to do that - right up until they do that. Then I get the joy of having to watch them act enraged, betrayed, dumbfounded, etc etc etc with them going "Oh yeah like anyone could have expected MS to do this! It's crazy!!!" :)
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