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Nobody wants to admit this, but you didn't own your Windows 8/7/Vista/XP PC either. Or any of the previous iterations, or any MacOS devices.
It was just less noticeable and invasive. Same idea, same process, but simply closer to 'in early development' than to 'final build'.
Windows 11 isn't the problem. The problem started long before at least half of us were even born. Until recently most ignored it, because it 'wasn't that bad'. Then it got really bad.
I'm not technically allowed to sell the Lenovo laptop I bought earlier this year unless I get permission from the US Govt. It says so right on the invoice
Jokes on them, I'm selling it anyway hah ha.
Does anyone else hear the sound of chinooks?
I think the attitude definite changed. If your computer crashed, it used to be like "pretty please send us a crash report? It will help us figure stuff out and we promise we'll be good with your data 🥺", and now it's like "I will collect OUR data all the time. If you want to disable this feature, run this archaic registry command, and even then I'll still ask repeatedly. Oh, and I'll turn it back on a few months anyway. Fuck you"
At least back in the day you had to install the malware, either intentionally or accidentally. Now it's built in and by the people you trusted.
i never knew that