Windows 10 was officially released on July 29th and since then, millions of users around the world have installed Microsoft's new operating system.
While the company has not recently released statistics on how installations are progressing, NeoWin (a well-known site for fans of Microsoft products) claims that unnamed sources have reported that the new operating system has already been installed over 25 million times.
It should be noted that Microsoft has not yet confirmed these figures, but it is very likely to be accurate since after the first 24 hours, Windows 10 was running on 14 million devices.
It may be too early to compare Windows 10 installations with those of its predecessors (some preliminary data suggests that the new operating system is already much ahead of Windows 8.1), but Microsoft seems pleased with the early numbers, still expecting the future of Windows 10 to be much better.
Let's remind you that the company has a goal of entering 1 billion devices by 2017. No one can know if Microsoft will meet its goal, but the policy of making the operating system available for free in Windows 7 and 8 upgrades may help.
But what has made many people think is the incredible data collection that the company is carrying out from its new operating system. With the new terms of use that it released with the new operating system, Microsoft almost shamelessly states that it is exposing the privacy of every user, without any qualms.
We don't know if the company will change anything in the terms of use in the future, but it is a fact that free Windows 10 isn't all that free.
If you want the new operating system you will pay one way or another.
Imagine Microsoft hitting its target of having its operating system on 1 billion devices. The data collection will be incredible, and as you may know, those who own the information are the masters of the game.
