I'm sort of worried about the privacy concerns. I might wait a bit and see if there's a way to disable all the, for a lack of a better word, spyware that is integrated in it. I mean some of that made sense in the insiders program, for feedback and bug reports, but on the RTM version, to me it's ethically unacceptable. EDIT: Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is (ab)used
Agreed. I'm also worried about the pushed updates. I like to make sure I know exactly what goes on my computer, so the idea that any update, whether called a security fix or not, could be pushed onto my computer without my direct consent is frustrating to say the least. I'll stick with Windows 7 and wait for the money to shell out for a better computer, so I can run 10 in a virtual machine on a Linux host.
If it was just security fixes that were automatically updated I think I'd feel ok about it but I'm worried about what kind of unavoidable and undesirable "features" they will foist off on me. All the same I'll probably install it after a few months after what ever is going to break is already broken.
Sorry if this disappoints you but you can't escape "spyware" in commercial products. But nevertheless you always have the free choice - use it or not use it (or use something else). As fast as you click on "I agree with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" (whatever you read it or not), you're saying: "I agree with all the stuff you do, in exchange for your goods." Legit. I agree, what I do on my computer shouldn't be Windows'/Microsoft's business. But the truth is that if some kernel module is logging your keystrokes to improve your UX (or maybe also something else), you just can't change it. If you need Windows or Windows UX, then you sadly have no real choice. If you don't depend on it, feel free to go for a Linux distribution (which is supposed to be less backdoored and spyware infiltrated as OS X or Windows (the kernel itself isn't backdoored but some preinstalled apps in the distro could be, although this is in 99,99% not the case)).