In-reply-to » @ullarah I always go out of my way to opt-out of any data collecting thing they try to push and use a WinOptimizer (from Ashampoo) designed to block and sabotage as much telemetry as possible, in hopes that it at least gives me some level of anonymity. But I know the average user doesn’t even read those things and just clicks "Next" until Windows setup finishes with the default options - to track everything.

When it comes to Windows, I never pay extra for it, as it already comes installed on the devices, that I get for my stuff and keeping Windows on there usually makes doing said stuff easier.

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