If you fear the spy there are scripts to put Windows10 under a cage eg: https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10
NOTICE: A tentacle may can pass the cage
The first thing i read : These scripts have not been tested with the Creators Update.
MS is very smart, they give you a update and set all privacy settings to leak again.
So does google and the rest, data is the new gold.
50% of all telephone calls in the USA is coming from a robot who you learn to speak.
Same with adobe shit ( dont install anything from them ), you install it and you are leak again + AI mined on your computer.
Google learning from you, and tracking you with keypress speed, keywords etc, not just IP or computer.
MS aint dumb, they have a gold mine.
So XP was so unsafe that MS banned it, they are forbidding you to use it, because of the big bad internet virus and criminals ( including governmental and polices ),
how logical is it to make a new windows that only works if you go online ?
They still advicing you to use antivirus, it is the same as saying our product is unsafe, you have to figure out yourself what is the best protection.
So what is the difference with XP ?
WinXP is so old it is accepted you copy it, you dont steal anything from MS because they dont sell it anymore, they wont miss income.
After all these years hobbyists must have made something to hack XP so they can make it how they like, it is common knowledge that wont be updated anymore.
Fresh install and modify, will be better then win10 ever will be from MS, they are doing this on purpose.
If your XP is running slow you can format HD and fresh install.
Win10 wont give you any update after fresh DVD install, new policy, you need to have updates no older then 1 year.
So whats the difference ?
Eventually you be paying per update.