Windows will soon label its Windows 10 update as “Optional”. It’ll be done in order to promote its new OS to a wider audience. Earlier, Windows 10 update program was only available to some selected Windows 7 and 8 users.
The “Optional” update will be relabelled as “Recommended” update during the start of 2016. This will enable the systems set with “Download and install recommended updates” settings to directly download the update.
And, for once, some of what it can do looks genuinely useful.
The blog post reads, “We’re introducing a new WhatsApp app for Windows that loads faster and is built with an interface similar to the app's mobile version.”
Since the middle of February, customers of AMD graphics cards have been reporting situations in which Windows installations were entirely bricked after installing new drivers.
More sneaky tactic by MS. I would hit the roof if this downloaded and installed without my knowledge with all the data mining settings turned on.
Most people wouldn't even know these settings existed though I suppose that is what MS is counting on.
I don't know about the U.S., but I can see the EU stepping in to stop it from happening here. Not a fan of the EU as a whole but they seem to love taking it to MS and Google and putting them in their place with strict sanctions. Which is a good thing.