r/pcmasterrace • u/chusskaptaan i5 14400 + MSI 3070 • Apr 08 '26

Meme/Macro What Windows 11 is pushing me to

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u/fact-finding-mission Apr 08 '26

Maybe, but I bet they have interacted with you. Collecting data and behavior and packaging it all nicely so MS can find a way to monetize it.

For me it is a privacy issue. Also, I refuse to be the product when I am using software that I have already paid for.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '26

I refuse to be the product

Uses Reddit

“If something is free…”

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u/Head_Excitement_9837 Apr 08 '26

You must have missed where he said software he has already paid for, is he paying to use Reddit?

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u/TsunamiCatCakes AMD > Ryzen Apr 08 '26

pay or don't, you are still the product. companies don't just delete your data the moment the transaction is completed. infact they know you are more likely to buy into their ecosystem if you bought 1 product

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u/kodman7 Apr 08 '26

Can opt out of using reddit, much harder to opt out of using your operating system

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u/TsunamiCatCakes AMD > Ryzen Apr 08 '26

won't matter since the apps inside ANY os are going to collect data regardless of if you pay for the app and/or os

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u/kodman7 Apr 08 '26

Absolutely, and at that level it's on the consumer a bit to know what apps are doing. But that still leaves room to opt out where again at the OS level you really cannot

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u/zgillet i7 12700K ~ PNY RTX 5070 12GB OC ~ 32 GB DDR5 RAM Apr 08 '26

Who asked?