I&#x27;m objecting to the claim that users are &quot;powerless to stop this [data collection] even if they knew what was happening, and they don&#x27;t.&quot; To the contrary, it&#x27;s very clear what is being collected and how to turn it off. As well as what you can&#x27;t disable in cheaper versions, and which versions you need to buy in order to get that option.<p>Obviously consumers would like Microsoft to sell them a product with more features for cheaper. But that&#x27;s no different from any business ever, yet people are throwing a shitfit all over the internet based primarily on misinformation.