MS Feature Update: not asked for

gjacobse

And here we are, another feature update Microsoft believes I want and just installed without asking / offering:

While I like to know what the weather is,.. I generally can look out the window on my own, or look at the local news. Because when I do look at the weather, I want to see the radar as well. More so when it is likely to be very changeable.

I. Simply. Don't. Want. This. Noise. Microsoft... stop deciding what I should have and what I want and who I want it from.

Time to look for the Get this off of here button(s).

gjacobse

More information and how to manage it:

https://www.howtogeek.com/733709/how-to-configure-windows-10s-weather-news-taskbar-widget/

Carnival Boy

I've always found the concept of computers telling me what the weather currently is when I can simply look out of the window really wierd.

The other weird thing is still having weather reports on TV during news programmes. Who doesn't just look up the weather on their phone these days? Who wants to watch a weatherman standing in front of a green screen with a map of the country displayed? Maybe it's more relevant in the US where you have extreme and dangerous weather, but here in the UK we're basically getting told whether there is going to be a bit of light rain later or some snow on the very top of a mountain in Scotland, several hundred miles away from where I actually live.

All I ever really need to know is, I'm walking to a bar soon, do I need to take a coat in case it rains when I walk home?

scottalanmiller

@carnival-boy said in MS Feature Update: not asked for:

The other weird thing is still having weather reports on TV during news programmes. Who doesn't just look up the weather on their phone these days? Who wants to watch a weatherman standing in front of a green screen with a map of the country displayed?

Well in Latin America ,you definitely want to see the weather "man".

scottalanmiller

@carnival-boy said in MS Feature Update: not asked for:

Maybe it's more relevant in the US where you have extreme and dangerous weather

That's one thing about the US, the weather is always a worthy topic of concern.

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in MS Feature Update: not asked for:

@carnival-boy said in MS Feature Update: not asked for:

Maybe it's more relevant in the US where you have extreme and dangerous weather

That's one thing about the US, the weather is always a worthy topic of concern.

Yep, and you're happy if they get it close to correct.

krzykat

Exactly, here in Florida they're right 50% of the time, which is why South America has it figured out. Nobody there cares if its right or wrong, but watching the weather wo-"man" is just very entertaining to watch.