In a Windows 10 preview update issued this week, Microsoft mandated that the feedback functionality built into the beta be switched on, a change from earlier when testers could block questions from the company about what users thought of specific features.

“Getting feedback is an integral part of the Windows Insider Program,” wrote Gabriel Aul, engineering general manager for Microsoft’s operating systems group, in a Wednesday post to a company blog. “The answers to these questions [are] used by our engineering teams to understand how Windows Insiders feel about a particular experience or a particular build. Starting with Build 14271 and newer, the frequency in which Windows will ask for your feedback will be locked to ‘Automatically (Recommended)’ in the Settings app and managed by the Windows Insider Program.”

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