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Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh" (www.techspot.com)
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Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh"::undefined

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Read the first few paragraphs of your source. Nothing was forced.
Thanks for agreeing with me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You stopped too early

For a time, clicking the “X” in the upper right corner of the Windows 10 upgrade prompt window was interpreted as consent to upgrade to the new operating system. The typical expectation for all users is that clicking the “X” ends the program, and in fact, doing so was the only way to reject the free upgrade offer for most of the pop-ups notification’s existence. The same prompt could upgrade your system to Windows 10 without explicit consent if you left you computer on for an extended period, as well. PCWorld received hundreds of reader complaints about “forced” Windows 10 after Microsoft began using those tactics.

The quotes are there because there was always technically a way available to avoid the upgrade, but there are two distinct instances listed of users being upgraded without consent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry, i was very biased because the few times i noticed that it did happen "automatically" was when people around me didn't bother to read.
I always waited years and even though i was often asked i always had the choice to not upgrade without workarounds.
The few where it happened automatically were mostly not automatic but people just clicking ok.

I am biased though. I will now retreat into my cave and keep using the OS that i like most.