They will just enable it by default later when the heat passes. They always do. You no longer own Windows.
Never did. It’s just more and more obvious with each new “feature” that it’s built for monetization, not for user functionality.
In the '90s and early 2000s, Microsoft’s business model was the classic one of selling products to customers. Today, it’s all about the cloud, advertising, and AI, where the product is the user.
My prediction is essentially one day windows pcs will be Linux that act like thin clients that go to windows 365.
“The ability to disable the…feature during the setup process…” does not mean opt in, that means opt out.
Knowing windows setup, you need to click customize during the setup process and then go through several setup pages before you’re presented this option (or have to dig into additional/advanced settings to find it).
Most people won’t do this, won’t know how to do this, or will receive the pc with the initial setup complete and won’t know if this is on or off.
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This is the screen the user is presented during setup.
…For now…
Lies but ok.
I’m sure it’s corporate speak for 'unless you opt into opting out of Microsoft recording everything’s
I have zero reason to trust companies who are known to not be trust worthy.
And who’s to say they don’t have this ‘opt in’ setting enabled for a week then upon the first update, whoops…it was auto enabled for everyone ‘sorry…you must not out now and sorry not sorry but we already stole everything. See y’all next update!’
They use dark patterns and cryptic dialog boxes to get old people to opt in.
Are you certain you don’t want to enhance your Microsoft experience?
^YES, I CRAVE A LIMITED ESPERIENCE^
NO, GIVE ME THE BEST THING
Do they really think we believe any of their lies? We don’t control Windows, anti-libre software (it fails to include a libre software license text file, like AGPL). Dangerous! 🚩
If it’s an embedded feature, then I categorically refuse to trust that I the user will have sole control over the on/off toggle.
I am basing my suspicions on Microsoft fucking around with my user settings over several decades and Windows iterations.
Microsoft will just enable it via an update once all the fervor dies down. They haven’t abandoned the plan, and won’t, not while your data is pure profit for them.
Hell with them, no more Windows PCs in my home. I’m sick to death of everyone and their mother trying to both advertise to me and sell my data without my permission and at zero benefit to me.
*Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all (that the company will admit to without you knowing)— unless you opt in
Microsoft speaks… thhhhe bullllshitttt -lazlo voice
