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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Thurrott: Deceptive upgrade tactics undermine Win10 |
| Date | 2016-06-04 00:14 +0000 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <nit6hq$jlp$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
From the «the software equivalent of waterboarding» department: Title: Paul Thurrott: Microsoft’s Upgrade Deceptions Are Undermining Windows 10 Author: John Gruber Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:42:00 -0400 Link: https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/67367/upgradegate-microsofts-upgrade-deceptions-undermining-windows-10 Paul Thurrott: Last week, Microsoft silently changed Get Windows 10 yet again. And this time, it has gone beyond the social engineering scheme that has been fooling people into inadvertently upgrading to Windows 10 for months. This time, it actually changed the behavior of the window that appears so that if you click the “Close” window box, you are actually agreeing to the upgrade. Without you knowing what just happened. Previously, closing this window would correctly signal that you do not want the upgrade. So Microsoft didn’t change the wording in the window. It didn’t make an “Upgrade now” button bigger, or a non-existent “don’t ever upgrade” button smaller. It pulled a switcheroonie. It’s like going out to your car in the morning and discovering that the gas pedal now applies the brakes, while the brake pedal washes the windshield. Have a fun commute! Continuing decades-long proof that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. ★ [1] Links: [1]: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/06/01/thurrott-windows-10-updates (link) -- Posting to comp.misc, sci.misc, and misc.news.internet.discuss
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Thurrott: Deceptive upgrade tactics undermine Win10 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-06-04 00:14 +0000
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