You are describing 'the blame should be on Windows'.
replyThe consequence of Windows having the blame is that one should not buy it.
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replythat's funny; because my root cause analysis didn't show the user as the person making the decision to show themselves ads? did yours, or was the victim blaming intentional?
replyNot making the specific decision (showing ads) but making the general decision (giving power to Microsoft). Blaming customers for buying MS products is not really much different than blaming Trump voters for voting for him. In both cases risks were obvious beforehand.
replyThe word “victim” is honestly pretty funny in this context. Nothing really happened to anyone.
replyI wouldn't classify getting random malware as "nothing happening".
replyBecause it spies on them and nags. But Windows itself already does that. LG could've done the same thing sans the mcafee popups and nobody would care, in fact Dell is probably doing that.
reply> But Windows itself already does that.
replySo once an person is victimized in this way, it becomes a free-for-all where future transgressions cease to matter?
Yep. Not free-for-all, but silently installed crap collecting metrics is well within their expectations.
replySo... When people expect to be harmed because they've been harmed before, then it's perfectly OK when they get harmed again.
replyNeato.