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by ctolkien 3595 days ago
If you're referring to the telemetry in Win10, similar telemetry was patched into Win7 a long time ago.
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But on Windows 7, you could choose not to install updates you didn't want or to uninstall them later, and many people did.

The obvious suspicion here is that bundling the changes is an excuse for Microsoft to force updates people don't want, Windows 10 style, onto people whose Windows 7/8 systems currently allow them to choose.

In theory, aren't those individual update packages removable?
Yes. Incomplete list for Windows 7: 3015249, 3022345, 3068708, 3080149, 3175249.
Does anyone know what's in the telemetry yet?