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by granos 3727 days ago
By forcing you to use a QR code that links to their site they can track how frequently BSODs happen and what the most common error codes are simply by reporting on web server logs. Its a way of forcing people to report crashes when they otherwise wouldn't.
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>>Its a way of forcing people to report crashes when they otherwise wouldn't.

They already automatically collect crash logs in win 7,8, 10. Don't think it can be turned off in 10 though

In my opinion, it's simply change for change sake.