[mikhailt]

You've basically answered his answer. You can't ask someone what they're talking about and then go on to describe three situations that answered the questions. It's not FUD when it is a known fact.

None of these things should've been opt-in for an OS by default. Microsoft is already updating the setup/first-run experience to inform the users about the telemetry options and let them opt-out.

Every Windows Update that I've installed on my SP4 has reset these settings back on, thus yes, it is somewhat forced on me. I'm definitely not the only one who had this happened as many complaints in Feedback Hub was about this and other MS forums. In fact, it was only recently that MS said they'd keep track of the default app settings to prevent reinstalling them upon updates.

And I did have Windows update forcibly install itself in the middle of a session when it was supposed to wait until later.