thescrewdriver

Given the amounts involved likely as a single McDonalds meal voucher per recipient.

That won't be true for everyone. Why should we just accept less privacy?

Unfortunately 90% of useful apps aren't on F-Droid.

Probably not much point in disabling that. Disabling downloads from other machines on the web makes more sense if you have a data cap or are charged per MB, which is common in some countries. It's not really a privacy-related change as far as I can see.

The ironic part is that people have just become accustomed to (or ignorant of) the way data is gathered from your average Android phone. Everyone is upset about Win10, but little attention is given to Android and the associated ecosystem of apps.

The guide shows how to disable sending updates from your computer to other computers on your LAN or on the Internet. It doesn't suggest disabling updates anywhere...

Maybe some small businesses don't care, but the people whose data they are handling might not agree with that stance.

Because every small business uses Win10 enterprise?

It's one of two pieces of information he is claiming to have have learned. It's relevant as it narrows down the list of suspects somewhat.

I doubt there are enough people who care. Google has already proved that seemingly benevolent spying is a highly profitable business model. Most people aren't bothered, or even know, that they are being "Scroogled". Microsoft is just following suite. Sadly it seems to be a sign of things to come.

> Compared to my Android phone Windows 10 is absolutely mute.

I think this says more about Android than it does about Windows 10. Windows 10 has crazy defaults, but so does android and many android apps want access to my info for no good reason (e.g. news apps wanting access to list my accounts, my phone number, my contacts, precise location etc.). Comparing privacy defaults of Windows to Android is not comparing it to a particularly high bar.

It would be fantastic if Jetbrains was building an IDE for Rust somewhere in their basement. One can only hope...

Why does the article title lead with the nationality of the company?

> Because there is a difference between "can voluntarily use" and "is rammed down your throat".

I got gmail rammed down my throat pretty hard when I needed to install an app from the play store on my Android phone... Google search was also front and center on the home screen.

>> updates hadn't installed automatically because Windows Update was too busy advertising Windows 10

> That does not make much sense, if any.

I saw exactly the same thing. The entire updates to install section in the Windows update(s) app was covered over by a big green update to Windows 10, and that was after I cancelled my Windows 10 reservation. I eventually just downloaded the damn thing, but haven't installed it yet.