Comment by keernan
19 hours ago
I find the apparent mistrust of MS interesting since the OS already has 100% access to every byte of information on a disk and in memory.
Our use of any operating system involves an implicit assumption the operating system is not actively surveilling every piece of data saved/modified in storage or memory.
I agree with you, and I too find this "funny". Frankly, being in such an intimate relationship with something, and not trusting it, and constantly going against it just made me feel unhealthy. Like they are out to get me, but this "they" has complete access to my computer, and therefore my life, since I live a significant part of it on the computer. It's like being in an abusive relationship, or a toxic family dynamic.
It helped me to make up my mind. Can I accept Microsoft, or not? I arrived at the answer that I can't. So, I migrated my life away from them.
In a practical term, one cannot consistently go against the grain, and be successful in it. There will be a time where one slips up, clicks the wrong thing, accepts the terms because they are in a hurry, or an auto-update arrives that overrides the previous settings. So, I think it makes the most sense to either accept the things, or at least accept the risks, or move away.