thanks for the reply: i have 2 maybe 3 cheap securom games so i am not in any danger of securom.
But it would be a good thing if windows would get a worthy opponent, good compatibility and no phone home,as for now there is no alternative: i cant call mac an alternative, there are still millions more software for windows then for mac, plus mac software (games/tools) was also more expenisve then windows software, even in the early days of windows.
Anyway, fact is that companies like mickeysoft only have to accept the cash, and shut up, there's no need on spying on what a pc user is doing or what he or she is searching for or buying on the web, thats non of mickesofs business.
If a person is a celebrity with millions of money then this person has indeed no privacy cause these people get their cash and wealth because of the people who buy their songs. music , games or movies.
Normal everyday people should not be spied on by anyone, only the ones who are famous, like presindents, governors, cause they can live like a kingso they deserve to become 'property' of the common people.

If i was a gaziliionaire i would not mind all the attention and press looking for me and knowing everything about me
but i am a just a simple person and i dont need anyone spying on me.

Heh, nice privacy views you've got here, but moreso on rich people being 'property' of the common people. So much for trying to sell my fiction :/

In any case, you're not getting the point. Microsoft is not interested in YOU. Microsoft is interested in fixing THEIR operating system in case it is to blame. That's the point here. You care about Microsoft knowing your identity? I bet you very well that almost everyone else knows your identity simply by plugging in your computer to the internet.

And as for their apps and what permissions they require, it's natural they need to ask you for such permissions in order to provide you the services you seek. You need to agree to OneDrive to let it view your files, because if they can't, you're not going to be able to see your stuff online. It's basic stuff here.

nope, not every one knows anyones id...: i'll explain:

One guy really knows all our identies : God : or whatever anyone else would call him.
since i dont believe in any gods, no one knows who is who, the IRS knows who we are, but only when or if we need health services, until then we are a digit number in a digital database, and sure, there might be a ugly b/w picture of us inside that info, but until they can compare that id with that person that asks for a medical exam, or just want to have a teeth removed by a dentist, at that particular time, they can't 'tie' us to anything, and can't find out who the person to that number is, until that time we are quite unknown and only a number among billions of other numbers, so basically we are pretty unknown.

So Mickeysoft can climb a tree or better make like a tree and leave, for all the useless spying on us, theres no need, cause we dont want them to be friends with us, if we paid for a piece of software , thats were it end, as for the TOS and Terms, these are a laugh, they are way too long, always 'threathen' and they always have a 'hostile' atttude towards us, to make things worse its all bullshites, they use difficult words, and it looks like they are saying only one thing, but they repeat it maytimes but in differnt ways.

Ugghh I give up.

Sometimes, paranoia can be legit, sometimes it can be just too much.

I'm not just talking about this one feature, i'm talking about Windows 10 in general. Windows 10, is a trap waiting to spring.

You can always download your games, but I recommend to buy an external hard disk for your GOG games.

It's not that you speak the truth, it's that you constantly downplay any criticism or problems people have with Windows 10 (like the automatic "upgrade to 10 that my workmate went through without his approval, and my wife's laptop) like they're paying you to do PR and damage control. Windows 10 is a blight on the computing world with excessive control taken by Microsoft to alienate customers and remove customer choice from the equation. But yes, continue to play victim here. Your white knighting of Microsoft is baffling to say the least.

Otherwise I like you just fine.

Sorry that I'm not paid by Microsoft for even a single dollar. You see, there's a difference between slamming Windows 10 when the time comes, and slamming Windows 10 on any random occasion. In the case here, it's the latter. All that everyone needed is a mere mention of Windows 10. Look where the thread went with the misinformation.

If the system was left unmentioned, two replies or three would be enough. For example, go ahead and say Windows 10 has forced updates and you don't like that sucking your bandwidth. But don't come and say that Windows 10 affects your GOG downloads. Remember that the user asking this question does not care about your agenda against Windows 10. Also do care that the user's answer should be as simple as possible, so don't imply to him that the extra effort of downgrading will enhance his ability to redownload the games. It's simple as that.

That's why I said "Forget about all the comments that speak in a bad light about Windows 10 here." These comments are irrelevant to the question. Just as how mentioning Windows 10 in the OP is irrelevant. It doesn't matter what OS you're using. You can download GOG games on Android all you want and offload them to your Mac computer, pretty possible.

I have no agenda against Windows 10. I said my piece in my one post. I was merely stating why people downrate your posts. You defend everything about Windows 10 when people have their own gripes. You call anything that may cast negative light on it misinformation and even when the principle of something is a big deal to them you dismiss it as unimportant. You do defend Windows 10 as though it is a personal affront to you when people have a problem.

Read again. What has been said about the system is nearly enough to draw out the user to wasting effort on something that's not worth doing. Indeed what has been said about the system right here in this thread is unimportant, but not because I'm defending Windows 10, rather because it is unimportant to the question being asked. Irrelevant. Windows 10 may go ahead and eat your babies and your wife, but when accusing it, please accuse it in the relevant threads and occasions. I get you (not a personal 'you', but a plural 'you') hate Windows 10 with a burning passion that would shame any hatred of Steam here, and I respect that, but please, no need to drag out other threads down on the mention of the system, especially one where the user is asking the question of 'can I download my games again?"

I get it there's problems with Windows 10, I really do. But do we need to make the same established mess (for both sides by the way, positive and negative, pro and anti) out of it over and over again like a broken record?