To: Utilizer
Why is it so important to Microsoft that we switch?
5 posted on
06/28/2016 7:50:22 PM PDT by
Piranha
(Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have - Saul Alinsky)
To: Piranha
Why is it so important to Microsoft that we switch? Because they can make thousands of dollars per user by selling information they get via spyware embedded in W10?
Some of which money will come in the form of tax abatements from Uncle Sam in return for allowing him to breech our privacy at will, without a warrant.
7 posted on
06/28/2016 7:53:34 PM PDT by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: Piranha
Part of it is probably an attempt at reducing support costs by getting everyone on the same system. Also encourages developers to write for W10 if there is a large user pool.
11 posted on
06/28/2016 7:59:53 PM PDT by
Trod Upon
(Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
To: Piranha
Why is it so important to Microsoft that we switch?”
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
21 posted on
06/28/2016 8:42:15 PM PDT by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: Piranha
Why is it so important to Microsoft that we switch?Excerpt from: 'Free' Windows 10 Reveals Its Expensive Secret
The reason Microsoft is hardlining Windows 10 upgrades for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users, is the new operating system gives the company control over its users like never before. Using default settings (the norm for most mainstream customers) gives Windows 10 an incredible amount of user data (anonymised though invaluable) and absolute control over updates and the installation of new features and services. What’s more, by being ‘free’, Microsoft clearly feels more entitled to use Windows 10 to push users towards its own products.
That, in a nutshell, is why.
27 posted on
06/28/2016 9:07:44 PM PDT by
upchuck
(I'm hanging here until my Free Republic 401K is fully vested.)
To: Piranha
I suspect some a-hole has his annual bonus tied to upgrade numbers.
Disclaimer: Although I work for Microsoft, I have no knowledge or insight into Windows 10 upgrade policies.
33 posted on
06/28/2016 9:15:10 PM PDT by
Scutter
To: Piranha
Why is it so important to Microsoft that we switch? Because Win10 reports every keystroke back to Redmond.
They stand to make a fortune selling your most intimate data to the highest bidder.
42 posted on
06/28/2016 9:37:03 PM PDT by
null and void
(Has there ever been a death associated with the Clintons that *wasn't* beneficial to them?)
To: Piranha
Microsoft will use the spyware on Windows 10 to sell information about you and other users to anyone who will buy.
They are despicable dirtballs (and I am being kind on this beautiful summer morning).
63 posted on
06/29/2016 3:37:52 AM PDT by
cgbg
(Epistemology is not a spectator sport.)
To: Piranha
“Why is it so important to Microsoft that we switch?”
The cost of supporting legacy operating systems is huge. Most Software companies cannot afford to support more than two versions of any app.
64 posted on
06/29/2016 3:48:11 AM PDT by
Makana
(Common sense is not all that common.- Anonymous)
To: Piranha
Supporting 3 versions is expensive. Trying to alleviate the mistake of putting out so many versions so quickly.
74 posted on
06/29/2016 8:59:05 AM PDT by
discostu
(Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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