[mackrevinack]

make it a separate program that people can install if they want to. if its really that great then people will download it

[LordKeren]

We will never see Microsoft ship a major product like this and not have it bundled in to a windows update. (Rather than specific install)

After their success with installing Teams, Microsoft has seen that the regulators will not proactively stop this kind of thing anymore

[ffhhj]

And how are they going to convince people to be surveilled voluntarily? This needs to be behind a switch they can silently enable in some update, ofcourse.

[ratg13]

This isn't new technology. Apple has had "Rewind" for some time, which is basically the same thing, and it's widely used.

The major difference is that it's a 3rd party software, not bundled with the OS, and you would have to intentionally go out and buy it and install it.

Microsoft has just taken it for granted that everyone would want this and then forced it on everyone.