Well, OK, but that article makes (or quotes) some false claims, for example:
Whereas actually:
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[li]Windows 10 PINs are local to the specific device as well as the account (my PIN on my Win10 laptop won;t get me into the same account on my Win10 tablet, unless I’m dumb enough to explicitly set it up that way)[/li][li]You get 4 attempts, then you are prompted to type back an exact string that appears on the screen (to deter people trying to bruteforce the PIN with automated keypresses)[/li][li]After one more failure, you are forced to restart the machine[/li][li]After a couple of iterations of this, the PIN is blocked and you must provide the full password.[/li][/ul]
Ask me about returning to the office at 4.45 on a friday to find my computer performing an undesired update when I had an army reserve exercise starting at 6! I’m not opposed to windows 10, and I’m hopefully going to upgrade my laptop before the offer expires, but that pissed me off pretty hard.
If you don’t want the various pop ups trying to trick you into upgrading, then you need to find the windows update section of the control panel and go through uninstalling the updates that cause the popups. You should be able to find articles with instructions appropriate for your system by googling something like “prevent windows 10 upgrade on [your operating system]”
For example, I was asked to make sure that my windows 7 work computer didn’t try again without permission, and I found I had to check for and uninstall the following updates:
Simple Mind: It brought a smile to my face reading how a woman in California successfully sued Microsoft for MS upgrading her system to Win10 without her explicit permission or knowledge of it happening 'til afterwards, mucking up her system (and business matters) as a result. The ten-thousand dollar award she received would be nice to have, 'eh? Maybe not criminal but seems actionable at a ‘civil level’ apparently, but IANAL, etc.
Thanks, I believe there are ways to get at this companies (MS/Apple) that use this kind of forced updates with out ever really explaining what they are about other than security patches.
You will never be able to fight Facebook/Twitter because their services are free of charge but If I buy a product then it has a legal basis and if enough people get to complain then the lawsuit to change the contracts would be possible, maybe even with compensation of done damage as in the article.
Don’t just accept it, fight it!!!
Hmm. I repeatedly clicked NO and then wandered away from my one and only microsoft computer and it updated itself to Win10 without any action on my part. It often updates itself without even asking or any notification, and consequently wastes a lot of my time. I think I will start documented the lost time and effort, although it’s probably too late.
I pulled the trigger for my home desktop about two weeks ago. I haven’t had time to check printer drivers and such…
I had already bought a laptop with 10 on it so I was sort of used to it.
I’m a programmer at work. A jack of all trades at home. Work is not going to do the switch for a bit. Just not sure. We have lots of third party stuff that may object. And we have only about 500 or so thin clients to update.
As part of the information group at work (there are 11 of us) one of the reasons I got a new personal laptop was so I could see what this is all about. We wear many hats.
Like all updates, its a SCUD. You don’t know where it’s going to land.
It happens, do it. Or pay for it later, and still have to do it.
This. Windows 10 is great. All my home computers have it now, my gaming machine, my music production workstation, etc. And they all run better than before. And I was loath to try it but so far I’m very pleased.
Maybe not criminal but seems actionable at a ‘civil level’ apparently, but IANAL, etc.