They're walking back the click-bait title (it used to say “steals your bandwidth”) but it's still somewhat hyperbolic: it could be described as “Windows 10 uses other peoples’ bandwidth to give you updates faster” with equal accuracy.
If it's worth discussing a documented feature, could we at least link to the actual source:
It's a valid concern for people with really low bandwidth caps who might want to set the metered flag but given the short duration it seems unlikely that this would be an issue for most people.
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They're walking back the click-bait title (it used to say “steals your bandwidth”) but it's still somewhat hyperbolic: it could be described as “Windows 10 uses other peoples’ bandwidth to give you updates faster” with equal accuracy.
If it's worth discussing a documented feature, could we at least link to the actual source:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-update...
It's a valid concern for people with really low bandwidth caps who might want to set the metered flag but given the short duration it seems unlikely that this would be an issue for most people.