content: That's not what they are saying, that's just what they are hearing. Where was all the noise about Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon when they did things like this?  Oh, there was none. That's what they are saying, "what makes MS so special" and so far the excuses are bullshit.  It's a desktop OS. So, that's just a definition, a mobile phone suddenly makes it ok?  It costs money so I should have to be "spied on" There is still no evidence of this, telemetry isn't spying, if that's the case, stop using most software. Also, paying money does not entitle you to what you want. The product is what it is, take it or leave it. No one is listening anyway, the Linux crowd has cried wolf far too much and beat the horse into ash. I can't even take this subverse seriously most of the time because all it is is fuck MS Linux roxorz talk. any actual tech news or interesting new products don't even get discussed. All of it is just tired noise that most people are ignoring now because people simply wont shut the fuck up about it.