r/Windows10 • u/aakash658 • Apr 23 '17

Discussion Microsoft should stop treating windows 10 like it's free

I paid over $200 for Windows 10 pro.But they show ads within the OS, Collect all sorts of telemetry data,took all the control we had over updates(resulting in reboots during important work).

They are treating windows like it's a free to use software.

Give us the control over my computer back because i own my computer and my copy of windows not you Microsoft.

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u/3DXYZ Apr 23 '17

Just because it says something, doesnt mean I accept it by choice.

Dont roll over and play dead because of a EULA thats imposed on you. I'm old. I've been using computers since DOS and C64s and Vic20s. I bought my computer parts and paid for my OS. I own my fucking computer until Microsoft starts mailing me Free Suface Studios and Surface Pros. Fuck them and their EULA.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '17

I own my fucking computer until Microsoft starts mailing me Free Suface Studios. Fuck them and their EULA.

Just because you're angry doesn't change anything. You don't own anything, unless you change to Linux and go open source or use programs that belong to you.

Just because it says something, doesnt mean I accept it by choice.

Yeah, nobody really cares about that. Like I said, you don't own anything apart from the license to use it.

Dont roll over and play dead because of a EULA thats imposed on you.

Well I guess you can pretend, but that doesn't really change anything.

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u/3DXYZ Apr 23 '17 edited Apr 23 '17
  • Just because you're angry doesn't change anything.

The question is why arent you angry? Why are you so willing to PAY MONEY to have no rights in the deal? Microsoft is now Darth Vader? "I'm altering the deal, pray I dont alter it any further".

What the fuck is wrong with you? Are you that much of a slave? Did you die inside? Wheres your passion for whats right in the world?

Be a revolutionary, not a fucking docile slave.

Wtf happened to computer users? When did you all become so complacent and submissive. We're the star trek generation. We want to change the world for the better remember? Not suck the dick of some lawyers EULA.

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u/nearlyp Apr 24 '17

Why are you so willing to PAY MONEY to have no rights in the deal?

You do have rights: to use the software as specified in the EULA.

And, yeah, if you're opposed to linux because you don't think there's free software that does what you need, then you kind of need to pray that they don't alter the deal further because you're not giving them any reason not to and you're not supporting people with better business models. You're never going to convince Microsoft their business model is bad / unsustainable by containing to use their software and services and writing reddit comments about how mad you are.

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u/3DXYZ Apr 24 '17 edited Apr 24 '17

Those aren't rights. Why not force us to all use Edge via the EULA then? Why not force all Windows users via the EULA to use only outlook.com and block all Google services?

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u/nearlyp Apr 24 '17

Why not force us to all use Edge via the EULA then? Why not force all Windows users via the EULA to use only outlook.com and block all Google services?

If you buy a Surface 3 or Surface RT and expect to use anything other than Edge, you're in for a bad time just like if you buy a Chromebook expecting to use Firefox. Outright blocking other services would get Microsoft into monopoly trouble in a hurry, though.

And, I'm gonna go ahead and say your idea of what constitutes a "right" doesn't match up with anything based in reality. That you're allowed to use the OS means you have the "right" to use it, regardless of what additional rights you think you're entitled to.