14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft encourages everyone to install Windows 10 as soon as possible, especially because the new OS is available as a free upgrade for those running Windows 7 or 8.1, but the company’s push for the new OS has become rather aggressive lately.
There are users out there who claim that their PCs got updated to Windows 10 all of a sudden, while others started seeing prompts to install the new OS without actually giving them a “no” option. “Upgrade now” and “Upgrade tonight” were the two settings available for those seeing this prompt, so it’s no surprise that criticism aimed at Microsoft for becoming so aggressive with the Windows 10 upgrade has intensified in the last 30 days.
But in a statement, the company says that it doesn’t force anyone to install the Windows 10 upgrade and it doesn’t plan to do such a thing anytime soon, as letting users choose what they want to do is part of the company’s philosophy.
“Windows Update is the trusted, logical location for our most important updates, and adding Windows 10 here is another way we will make it easy for you to find your upgrade. Before the upgrade changes the OS of your device, you will be clearly prompted to choose to continue,” the Microsoft spokesperson points out.
And yet, updates to Get Windows 10 app are still being made
But despite this rather friendly statement released by Microsoft, the Get Windows 10 app available on Windows 7 and 8.1 computers eligible for the upgrade is still being “improved” with different prompts that make it even harder for users to refuse the install.
Starting early 2016, Microsoft will make Windows 10 a recommended update for all these PCs, so that will be the moment when everyone should double-check before installing anything via Windows Update because, otherwise, they might end up running the new OS without any other notice (or with some notices, as Microsoft promises).