Microsoft recently announced that beginning in 2016, it will make Windows 10 a recommended update. What this means is that anyone with Windows 7 or 8 who has got their automatic update activated, will have Windows 10 automatically downloaded without their permission.
Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Windows and Devices group said: “If you choose to upgrade (our recommendation!), then you will have 31 days to roll back to your previous Windows version if you don’t love it.”
In addition, the installer for Windows 10 will begin showing users a popup once the download commences. This pop up will allow users to decline the update. However, considering that a very large number of users simply click “OK” when interrupted by a prompt while doing something else, it is believed that a lot of people will mindlessly hit the “OK” button and will automatically install the OS.
While Windows 10 has had pretty good reviews so far, this proposed automatic download is likely to cause issues for those on a metered internet connection as well as for those who are short of storage space. The reason for this is the fact that the automatic update has been shown to take up between 3.5GB and 6GB on a computer.
Finally, Windows 10 does not get deleted automatically when a user declines to install it after it has downloaded. This means that it will remain on a user’s computer taking up storage space for nothing. This one too na another wahala.