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How about enforcing the existing laws?

You don't use the technical term, but you do ask.

I'm not against telemetry, I'm against making it hundreds of different hidden options.

I've been to the one in Jacksonville Texas, I feels exactly how it did as a kid. Went in for the lunch buffet, had some fat kid salad (lots of bacon bits and ranch), played some pinball, listened to the locals chat about their lives.

It's kinda refreshing when everything else seems to be a race to the bottom.

Until they stop letting him screw with the sound track I'm done with Christopher Nolan movies.

Relying on cultural hot topics rather than real character building killed this show. The spore drive was also kinda "out there" though interesting. I wish the best for the cast.

That's what they said about Internet Explorer right up until the moment where Microsoft wanted everyone to switch to Edge. Not only could you suddenly uninstall it, but it even started uninstalling itself!

Funny how that happens

There are other protocols on the internet you know..

Ubtuntu Desktop definitely tries to push a few things but it's not even remotely as bad as Windows.

I prefer to live without my software nudging me to do anything.

How would you feel if your hammer stopped working after a while and each new hammer suddenly looked a lot more like a screwdriver because the company wants to sell you screws?

We did fine without it for a very long time. We still do with a lot of software. It's called voluntarily submitting a bug report and/or core dump.

Calm down bud. I had no issue with the initial post, but the comment I replied to sounds like you're trying to actually elicit change. My response was meant to make it clear that the general audience here agrees and you need to focus your efforts elsewhere.

The problem with Windows Updates is that they force new 'features' on you along with the patches.

With Linux you get to choose how bleeding edge you want to be, and can generally avoid the monetization crap.

Those flasks typically have a thin plastic layer