>> Windows 11 requiring TPM, Secure Boot and being all react wasn't great.

For me a bigger concern is that Windows 11 requires MS account, and making harder and harder to bypass it. This is a disrespect for my freedom and privacy. The hardware is not the biggest issue because it might catch up eventually. https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-03-12/i-ll-probably-never-...

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RachelF an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And in order to get the Windows 10 updates in the article, you need to sign up for an MS account, or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you.

	▲	palmotea 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> And in order to get the Windows 10 updates in the article, you need to sign up for an MS account, or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you. Can you elaborate on the "or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you" part? Ctrl-F isn't finding any mention of that in either https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-quietly-gets-one-more... or https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-03-12/i-ll-probably-never-....

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lazide 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Also the constant turning on despite my prior explicitly disabling of spyware (memory ‘live sampling’ to the cloud for ‘virus protection’, one drive ‘auto backup’), and features I’ve explicitly disabled like copilot.

It’s creepy as fuck, and for no real benefit to me that I can tell.

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Terr_ an hour ago | parent [-]

> spyware

The privacy-destroying "telemetry" continues to transmute from a theoretical problem to a realistic concern too.

For example, many printers puts forensic marks onto pages identifying their serial number, while MS/Apple log all your device serial numbers, which in turn is subject to seizure/threats/theft.

The upshot is you can't print an "anonymous" flyer stating I Dislike The Regime without the risk that thugs of said regime will be outside your door later.

> memory ‘live sampling’

"Citizen, the signature of a Wrongthink picture was detected in your telescreen..."

	▲	gadflyinyoureye 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'm. Lt sure why this is down voted. ICE showed up at a woman's door trying to force her to take down a benign social media post. What is stopping similar authoritarians from cracking down using these kind of features and registrations? https://newrepublic.com/post/212340/ice-poll-worker-election...