Win 7 and 8.1 have telemetry and other updates as well. It's not advertised but they're not so safe anymore either. http://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/list-of-windows-7-telemetry-updates-to-avoid.379151/
I love Win10. For a gamer, switching to the new WDDM2.0 and DX12 is a must especially on AMD gpu for the lower driver overhead, well for me at least. I can't speak for others obviously, but I love it. My trifire 290x Lightnings have been quite happy in this new environment. Also it took all of 2 minutes to google the host file block and another for other security defeats. I've linked the two below. One tip, setup your weather in the start menu before applying the pastebin hostfile oth
[quote who="Leo the Lion" reply="9" id="3577806"] Also, this article on the Windows 10 Wi-fi sense makes interesting reading but you can knock it out with a click of a button http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-turn-off-windows-10-wi-fi-sense-2015-7 [/quote] I love that feature in specific situations like if you're at home and having a get togethe
Core i7 3930K, 3x R290X 4GB, Windows 10