1492 wrote:
So does WIN 7 and WIN 8.1 where MS has apparently added user data tracking not too different from WIN 10.
The newer updates to 7/8 do indeed increase data sent to MS. However, the EULA does not grant MS rights to it. A user may disregard those updates as they choose. Not so with Windows 10. The EULA specifically grants MS rights that do not exist in 7/8.
Read the all EULA's and compare. Windows 10 goes far beyond that of 7/8 as far as what data is sent to MS and what MS's rights are to them. MS has become an OPT-OUT OS rather than OPT-IN as it was. Somewhat similar to Apple and Google but to a greater extent. Some of it can be turned off but MS's EULA makes it clear that even when turned off personal data will be shared with MS in some instances without notifying the user. Again, if some don't mind MS having such access then great. I'm not one of those!