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That said, Windows 10 can gather lots of data, but it does nothing that your smartphone hasn't been doing for years. There are features (such as Cortana, speech, OneDrive, Family Safety, etc.) that rely on cloud services, and if utilized, require transmittal of data to Microsoft's servers. However, you can choose not to use any or all of this. There is an entire panel in Settings dedicated to Privacy controls.
Windows 10 also gathers telemetry on how well your PC is working, and if you allow it, some additional details: How often you use certain features, the apps you use, when they crash, etc. You can choose from 3 levels of automated telemetry, and you can disable all but 'Basic' telemetry, which (Microsoft insists) is completely anonymized.
Here is an informed article on exactly what telemetry is gathered: For what Microsoft has to say, go here:. I would say that both are pretty safe (or equally bad).
In these cases you have to look at the company and their business model in order to gage their intent and neither Microsoft nor Apple make their money off of selling your data, so you should be fine. With W10, MS wants to use your data in order to improve Windows. Apple - in particular with their open beta programs, iCloud and use of Siri - does the same and is no different. Whether it can be switched off or not, is here not all that important, as we are really comparing apples to oranges - i.e.
The off/on switches don't mean the same across systems. Apple too gathers a host of data about you - after all, that is how f.ex. Siri, Safari, iCloud etc.
Works - and none of those can be turned off either. Now, all of that may change along the way, but right now as it stands, it is IMHO equally safe to use either. Google and Facebook on the other hand is a different matter altogether. I'm worried about both.
Disclaimer: On a daily basis I use both W10 and OSX El Capitan and wouldn't want to be without either. MS used to consist of three different divisions:. Windows. Cloud & development tools. Office Each of these are sustainable in and of themselves and generate value based on products sold/services rendered. In the case of Windows, licenses are sold for every laptop shipped with Windows (the infamous IBM deal).
Upgrade licenses are here merely a drop in the ocean. However, these divisions are current being put under pressure. The sale of laptops/desktops running Windows is either flat or in decline and the same can be said about office.
What used to be the de facto standard installation on most laptops, is increasingly becoming an additional - at least in the consumer facing part of the market. These shifts - only enforced through a general shift from laptops to mobile/tablets - are presently leading MS to explore other options. None of these, however, are at the moment ad-based or founded on the reselling of user data (though the imminent purchase of LinkedIn might change that in years from now). In other words, if you were current dating MS your status would read: its complicated. It is solid for now, but growth for the next decade will probably have to be sought elsewhere. Those 'accidental' installs were caused by (dumb) people reserving their update, then forgetting about it or changing their mind. Clicking yes here and there will cause these issues.
So it's technically not MS's fault. One of my internet friends stayed on Windows 7, and he has the GWX update installed because he can't be bothered to remove it. Yes, it does notify him on every boot but it has never started to upgrade by itself, that's because he never reserved the upgrade.
Also, the close button doesn't always equal to closing or cancelling. There are 3rd party apps too which after clicking X goes into tray rather than closing completely. Though I agree MS was a bit tricky here.