Secondy, if even you never disable any of the usage tracking features, they tell Microsoft no more than what your car oil change shop knows about you from your car's engine chip memory. The way anyone is checked before joining Microsoft staff and all the time after, is incomparably better protecting their customers, including you and me, than how oil change shops' staff is checked by their employers anywhere in the world. You can reach those controls later, whenever you want, so no worries if you forgot to do that at the install time (Start / Settings / Privacy, what can be simpler to memorize than that?). Where? Click the tiny "Customize Settings" line at the bottom left of the "Get Going Fast" screen during your Windows 10 installation, instead of clicking the large "Use Express Settings" button on the bottom right there. And this is as simple as moving a slider from the right to the left. Firstly, you can disable any features that are designed to collect your any usage stats. Question: I heard from my friend that Windows 10 would spy on me.Īnswer: These rumors have no grounds at all. bells and whistles like password wallet, remote disabling of lost or stolen devices, etc. This is why you don't really need a third party antivirus anymore, unless you want extra features which go beyond the "job description" of antiviral software, e.g. Question: How reliable and sophisticated is the built-in security and antiviral software given to me by Microsoft for free as part of my Windows 10?Īnswer: It really is no less reliable and sophisticated than what you would buy for a reasonable price tag nowadays from a third party manufacturer. But, hey, you have already made it anyway, how otherwise would you call yourself meticulous :)
Question: Anything else to do for my tech safety, if I am really meticulous?Īnswer: Just your data backup. Question: How can I ensure being technologically safe?Īnswer: (1) read the compatibility report in your Get Windows 10 Free Upgrade app (the one that kept popping up all this time) to ensure your PC is compatible, (2) ensure you have enough free space on drive C: (follow the recommendations from the same app usually 10 GB is enough and 20 is plentiful), and (3) remove the unnecessary security and antiviral software before you start the upgrade. Amazingly, most of the people paying varieties of this kind of tax are not actually stupid, they definitely can comprehend all the reasons involved ( click, test yourself - you passed, didn't you), but somehow they happened to be too busy to stop and think without rush. Question: How then will Microsoft make money if they upgrade me for free?Īnswer: Microsoft will earn enough from two categories of customers whose upgrade will not be free: (1) large businesses whose corporate-wide IT upgrade planning is slower than what it would take for them to utilize this free offer (99% of large businesses are like that), and (2) all the others who first were procrastinating, and then ( surprise!) would be discovering themselves having to pay a "poor judgement tax" sized $120 or more per license - starting as soon as July 30, 2016. Question: Why then does Microsoft put pressure on users to upgrade?Īnswer: Merely to act as ethical as possible, and still make money. Same reason why many Hydro companies pay you for retiring your 2nd fridge.
Question: Should I upgrade before the deadline, or is there some catch?Īnswer: There is no catch. Businesswise you are totally safe to upgrade.
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