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So what was the purpose of all that telemetry they collected then? Because it doesn't seem to have made the OS like what the users want it to be.
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thesuitonym • yesterday at 3:59 PM
To better target ads.
mulmen • yesterday at 5:05 PM
Data Gnomes
1) collect data
2) ???
3) profit
Do you hate the "Ribbon" UI that got forced into everything in Win8+?
That's what telemetry was used for. Every advanced user turned that off when they gave us the option, and now we have every UI on the computer designed for Grandma.