Did you try running Little Snitch lately? There's at least 5-6 daemons that keep contacting Apple and reporting on you on mac as well. And pretty much every 3rd party app uploads behaviour analytics without the ability to turn it off as well.
I don't want fucking software I paid for to make my PC a part of a botnet, so I deleted all their stuff and tried to cancel my subscription to CC. I couldn't do that because their terms allow them to charge your credit card for the remainder of the year, even if you receive no service. After a few angry emails with a supervisor they finally agreed to cancel my subscription.
What a shady POS company.
2. It's one option clearly in the setup and system preferences and easily disabled.
Neither of those is true for Windows 10.