Do You Think Microsoft Understands Consent?

When 99.2% of over 10,000 developers collectively say "no" to Microsoft understanding consent, you know something's deeply wrong. And they're absolutely right.

Microsoft has perfected the art of asking permission while simultaneously ignoring your answer. Disabled automatic updates? Cool, we'll just "remind" you every 3 days. Declined the new Edge browser? Here it is anyway, pinned to your taskbar. Said no to Windows 11? Let's show you that upgrade prompt 47 more times.

The poll results speak volumes: only 0.8% believe Microsoft respects user choices, while the overwhelming majority knows they'll be "reminded" whether they like it or not. It's not consent if "no" just means "ask me again later." That's just nagging with extra steps.

Fun fact: Microsoft's approach to user preferences is basically the digital equivalent of a toddler asking "why?" until you give up. Except the toddler is a trillion-dollar corporation with root access to your system.