On 9/12/2020 12:00 AM, Bill wrote:

I haven't been protesting that Win10 is the only choice; in fact, I have
Linux on my machine too.Â* Part of the reason for my post was to help
open the eyes of people to see what is going on in front of our eyes!
The Internet is "ours", but there are several companies that are trying
to divide up control of it like an (Apple) pie. : )Â* As you point out,
most people are quite willing to just let it happen, slowly, ...
The OS installing software that I can't even stop with the task manager,
is just one iota of that process, but I believe that it's part of the
process nonetheless. MS wants me to use OneDrive...How often do I need
to say NO???Â* I paid them for the OS, so IMO, they shouldn't irritate
me.Â* I'm watching the case against the Apple store with
interest--thought these may be a distantly related issues.

As one who has been on-line since pre-usenet days it is clear to me that
a service that required anything other than a land line to connect to
others was never "ours" in any sense. Even usenet requires servers that
are owned by others and "rented" to users. Today, when most people even
use browsers to get their email the internet is even less "ours" than ever.

As for apps like Edge or services like OneDrive, those that have
sufficient knowledge of Win10 don't have to even see them if they don't
want them. Edge only shows on my computer in the Start list, and I never
get the messages you write about in your original post. And those who
haven't progressed beyond Win7 won't have a clue as to how to set that up.

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best regards,

Neil