Microsoft is pretty good at catering to the desires of enterprises, so you&#x27;re right, but in the linked article I see at [0] that with a typical consumer license of Windows, I can reduce the &quot;telemetry&quot; level, but only to &quot;Basic&quot; from the default level of &quot;Enhanced&quot; (side note: how is it &quot;enhanced&quot; if it&#x27;s the default?).<p>While the Enhanced level accounts for a lot of the usage-specific statistics detailed in TFA, Basic still sends a lot of valuable data to Microsoft. And, despite <i>paying for Windows</i>, you can&#x27;t turn it off unless you get an Enterprise&#x2F;Academic license.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;technet.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;library&#x2F;mt577208(v=vs.85).aspx#BKMK_UTC" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;technet.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;library&#x2F;mt577208(v=vs.85...</a>