Massive backlash against Windows 10 update

sajunky said:
Why to use third party tools to enforce customer rights? Chineese are right what they stand for.

Yes you can. Five years from now Microsoft will fix Windows 10 or cease to exist.
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Ok, can we come back to this post in 5 years and see if you are right?

What defines "fixing" Windows 10 though?
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ok, can we come back to this post in 5 years and see if you are right?

What defines "fixing" Windows 10 though?
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Making the first stable release, but they also must adjust their attitude towards customers. I can even bear bugs (assuming Windows don't need constantly phone home), but current attitude prevents them from going forward. Opposition against GESTAPO type compliance is mounting as we speak. If Microsoft do not adjust to the market requirements there will be legislation with heavy fines or total ban of products which force automatic updates.
 
sajunky said:
Making the first stable release, but they also must adjust their attitude towards customers. I can even bear bugs (assuming Windows don't need constantly phone home), but current attitude prevents them from going forward. Opposition against GESTAPO type compliance is mounting as we speak. If Microsoft do not adjust to the market requirements there will be legislation with heavy fines or total ban of products which force automatic updates.
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In the UK they have a law called the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

See below (copied from The Register without permission :

Had a similar issue with Win 10 nagware ( and a friend who had it installed without her specific , which took hours of my time to upgrade back to Win7 Pro so sent the following to the Microsoft UK contact point; had a phone call back within 30 mins - and it seems that even bits of their legal don't really understand what's going on.

FTAO Microsoft UK CEO: and Microsoft UK Legal,

Dear Sirs,

Over the last few weeks and days my Win7 Pro based PC has been the subject of a number of unrequested and increasingly insistent attempts to install Win 10,. Since I have not requested that this software even be downloaded to the PC, I regard this as attempting to subvert the integrity of the current installation and data, which in my view classifies it as deliberate malware, and an action which is in direct contravention of UK law under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Arguably, such activity may also contravene UK contract law in relation to obligations associated with the previous software purchase. Pls take this email as formal notification that should Win 10 install itself on this or any other computer system which I own or have responsibility for, without my specific and express permission, I will report this to both the Police and other appropriate UK Governmental; Agencies as a potentially criminal act by Microsoft. I will also seek via the UK courts legal redress and compensation for all time, costs, and other incurred charges associated with restoring the said computer systems to their original state. Pls be aware that should I wish to install Win 10, I am more than happy to pay for a full licence, but it will be at a time and date of my choosing, not that of Microsoft.

I hope that the above makes thing clear for you - I await your comments with interest.

Yours faithfully

etc etc
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Going to be interesting to see what happens.
 
“The company has abused its dominant market position and broken the market order for fair play,” said Zhao Zhanling, a legal adviser with the Internet Society of China.
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Bit rich coming from a country that manipulates its currency - having unpegged it from the dollar, but pegged it against a "basket" of currencies.
Not to mention their Shan Zhai copycat culture.
 
The_Librarian said:
In the UK they have a law called the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

See below (copied from The Register without permission :



Going to be interesting to see what happens.
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I have researched our own CPA, and in my opinion, we have a case to be made against MS using the CPA. It is nowhere as strong as the legislation in the UK though.

Anyone aware of similar legislation in SA that may be suitable for use to start a campaign against Microsoft in SA?
 
The point is Microsoft are riding rough shod over consumer rights and the entire World is rebelling.

And it is simple for Microsoft to solve. ......
 
daniellgr said:
I have researched our own CPA, and in my opinion, we have a case to be made against MS using the CPA. It is nowhere as strong as the legislation in the UK though.

Anyone aware of similar legislation in SA that may be suitable for use to start a campaign against Microsoft in SA?
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good luck with that
 
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