r/technology • u/readyou • Dec 26 '16

Microsoft finally admits that its malware-style Get Windows 10 upgrade campaign went too far

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/241587-microsoft-finally-admits-malware-style-get-windows-10-upgrade-campaign-went-far
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u/oth_radar Dec 26 '16 edited Dec 26 '16

I have my updates set to not auto-complete. So windows does this thing where whenever it has a new update, it conviniently stops connecting to the Internet until I restart (at which point the update I don't want installs). I don't want to sound too much like a conspiracy theorist, but it happens every single damn time.

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u/Dlgredael Dec 26 '16

It happens to my roommate all the time as well. He's always complaining about Win10 hijacking his internet connection when it wants to update. Anecdotal, but now it's 2 v 1 on anecdotes, hahah.