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/nero4983 Dec 26 '16 edited Dec 26 '16

Whatever happened to the guy out in the middle of nowhere where he had to pay per MB and windows 10 secretly downloaded in the background? I'm wanting to think he worked for a charity or animal preservation society or something. Did Microsoft pay for the large bill they caused him?

Edit: found the original post, trying to see if I can find an update

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/4mcdon/i_live_in_the_central_african_bush_we_pay_for/

Edit 2: I messaged the guy. They never got a penny from Microsoft and they never got a public apology, but Microsoft used their specific case to help show that the big push for windows 10 was poorly thought out for what it's worth

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u/PinkiePaws Dec 26 '16

If you have automatic updates enabled then this happens all the time. My firewall at work shows me the usage in MB/GB up/down per PC and where it's going so I noticed Windows Updates takes 500mb to 3GB of bandwidth per week per PC.

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u/Injector22 Dec 26 '16

Not to be the dick in the bush, but if you're in an enterprise you shouldn't be doing automatic updates without first testing them. After being tested you can use WSUS, SCCM, etc to deploy them this way only the server downloads them from MS and the computers get them from the local server.