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by 4684499 3321 days ago
I always had auto updates turned on until Windows' malicious behaviors in recent years:

https://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/09/11/microsoft-is-aut...

This one consumes me several gigabytes on my C drive without my permission.

https://www.tenforums.com/windows-updates-activation/55185-w...

This one acts like malware.

And this one: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3039827/windows/7-ways-window...

I don't know why I'd choose a operating system does that.

It pushed some telemetry updates, which arouses some privacy concerns (only after Microsoft's aggressive attitudes about Windows 10 promotion, before that I was OK with its telemetry updates. I'm aware sometimes telemetry tracking means good.)

And much more.

All of these behaviors make me think that I'd rather lose my data than suffer from these "features".

2 comments

Yes, Microsoft is converting an operating system to a web page where they can track your usage. Have you tried with tweaking software like http://winaero.com ?
Not yet, thanks for the recommendation!
> I don't know why I'd choose a operating system does that.

Me either. Stop using Windows.