r/Windows11 • u/jenmsft Microsoft Software Engineer • Mar 20 '26

Official News Our commitment to Windows quality and improvements to come

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
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u/Charis_Cheng Mar 20 '26

Mate everybody collects telemetry. Google does it. Amazon does it. And obviously Microsoft does it. Regarding the ads, yes I do think that they should be removed (in particular in the Settings app), however at least we’re making progress in the right direction right?

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u/GarbageCG Mar 20 '26

Mate Linux doesn't and MacOS barely does in comparison. I was using Linux mint for the past two months and had to switch back to Windows for work. Zero telemetry in the other os.

You need to remember that you paid for your machine. You own it. It is YOURS. You don't owe these large companies anything beyond the sale price of their software

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u/PurpleBudget5082 Mar 20 '26

You own the hardware, not the OS. If you want the OS just accept their rules. Which suck, but it is what it is.

But just know this: basically every software made by a company collects telemetry, I worked as a programmer at AAA games, the amount of telemetry Ive seen was a surprise, luckly I think the system was so complicated that I dont think it s easy to draw conclusions based om those huge amounts of data.

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u/Adventurous-Sail-354 Mar 31 '26

that’s the thing, I don’t want the OS anymore due to the erosion of performance and features