Zuhl3156
That wouldn't phase me one bit. This PC is staying on Windows 7.

but why Zuhl, any real reason for it other than microsoft can see what im doing? you know anything you already do online is tracked and sold, anything you look at online is tracked and used to target you unless you use add blockers. Oh and yea you can turn off all tracking features in 10 but why bother. 
 
This is just funny to me, its like a caveman being afraid of fire.

What!?! Fire?   Run!
 
Baaahhh. I have Windows 10 on my other PC. It's OK but I like this PC better. I can check for updates whenever I want without Windows rescheduling restarts at 3:00 am when I am Folding.

Have you forgotten that a business's profit margin is not my or your concern as customers/consumers? In fact the two things are generally opposed to each other. Our interest lies in getting the best product/service for the best price that suits our needs, and demanding that from the companies we patronize or going elsewhere. That's why monopolies like the one M$ has are dangerous and generally bad for the consumer.
 
You've put the cart before the horse. As consumers, why should we be concerned that any company "makes more money" when it is most often not in our best interests as their customers? It is their job to produce better products and to sink or swim in the marketplace. It is not our job to accept inferior products just so they can make more money.
 
While it may be true that any of these OS's will eventually lose support at some point in the future, that does not mean that we should simply capitulate now to their insidious spying and datamining attempts, or that it is an inevitable outcome. We should fight it at every turn; not doing so is just complacent or lazy, something which we'll all no doubt regret.
 

Greenfire
Have you forgotten that a business's profit margin is not my or your concern as customers/consumers? In fact the two things are generally opposed to each other. Our interest lies in getting the best product/service for the best price that suits our needs, and demanding that from the companies we patronize or going elsewhere. That's why monopolies like the one M$ has are dangerous and generally bad for the consumer.
 
You've put the cart before the horse. As consumers, why should we be concerned that any company "makes more money" when it is most often not in our best interests as their customers? It is their job to produce better products and to sink or swim in the marketplace. It is not our job to accept inferior products just so they can make more money.
 
While it may be true that any of these OS's will eventually lose support at some point in the future, that does not mean that we should simply capitulate now to their insidious spying and datamining attempts, or that it is an inevitable outcome. We should fight it at every turn; not doing so is just complacent or lazy, something which we'll all no doubt regret.
 

no it's not my concern but Microsoft where the final people to implement this besides Linux, so it makes perfect sense to me. I can understand they had to do this, and they'd stop if a law made them just like everyone else. But unless a law happens to prevent this even the bigger Linux distro's will likely get on board to increase their funds.

candle_86
no it's not my concern but Microsoft where the final people to implement this besides Linux, so it makes perfect sense to me. I can understand they had to do this, and they'd stop if a law made them just like everyone else. But unless a law happens to prevent this even the bigger Linux distro's will likely get on board to increase their funds.

Microsoft, just like any Linux/Unix(like) distribution has it's choice: 1) Implement data telemetry and use data to sell to third parties to gather funds, 2) use customer service to generate revenue for corrections and/or specific fixes and implementation of their system OS for support contract customers or 3) remain as a purchasable OS. The Unix(like) distribution major players (Debian/SuSe/RedHat) all implemented customer service contracts for their customers for revenue generation and yet still offer the OS for free with conditions as the GPL states. Even RedHat has a subscription channel for updates/upgrades to their Enterprise OS.  Microsoft had this choice as well when they decided to implement a 'free' upgrade offering during this time frame and did not need to integrate the telemetry and conditions in their EULA which clearly states they will sift through your personal data/email and the like for their gain in order to advertise on your OS. Once this 'free' period has been completed Microsoft plans to continue offering the OS as a 'paid' model but yet won't remove the telemetry for additional advertisement sales based on your personal usage and habits. I find this rather difficult to fathom as they are intentionally do exactly what quite a number of alpha/beta testers told them would be harmful to their standing. Many people these days do not see the need for privacy as they consider anything you do is tracked and aggregated. That is somewhat true but not fully done as of yet. Privacy needs to be addressed before it has been removed entirely. Just throwing your proverbial hands up and giving up your right to personal privacy is not a choice I have decided to make.