Windows 10: Microsoft launches intrusive full-screen upgrade reminder
My dad called me recently to tell me that while in the middle of using his computer, it rebooted and installed Windows 10 without giving him any way to cancel. I figured that he may have accidentally clicked to schedule the upgrade. But when I looked into it more, I discovered that Microsoft had changed the upgrade popup to default to install (my dad had become used to just clicking the X to close the window after numerous times).<p>This article mentions that this behavior is being replaced by the full-screen upgrade reminder, which I guess is an improvement. However, I have to admit that for me Microsoft&#x27;s actions with Windows 10 have destroyed all the good will that they had earned through their open source efforts. Obviously Microsoft&#x27;s actions with open source have some profit motive, but previously I had also believed that maybe the company had experienced a change of heart.<p>It&#x27;s a shame because I&#x27;m sure the teams behind things like TypeScript and Visual Studio Code are great people who have nothing to do with this mess. But after growing up with the Microsoft of the late 90s and early 2000s, dealing with MSIE 6 and the antitrust lawsuits, and now seeing this stupid behavior with Windows 10, I feel that I just can&#x27;t trust this company at all.<p>I understand that my reaction here may be overly emotional and unfair to the non-Windows divisions of MS that are doing good open source work. But I feel that the company as a whole will only take notice if they are punished as a whole. We in tech should consider this whenever we use MS products, whether they are free (in the temporarily free Windows 10 sense) or open source.