- allowed to control your bandwidth usage
Besides that every OS is able to do that, remember that this EULA is also for tablets and phones. Within the context of a phone, that part makes way more sense.
- install any software it wants whenever it wants
This is about the Windows Store and app ecosystem and probably the most problematic point on that list.
It has to be there in order for them to be allowed to install stuff like the xbox companion app to connect to a local xbox without extra steps for the user.
It does pose an obvious problem in terms of power users though.
- display ads in the Start Menu
I am not quite sure about the relevance of this point.
This might be only for the "Windows with Bing" thingy, though I am not entirely sure about it. Stuff got sort of quiet around Windows with Bing.
- send your hardware details and any changes you make to Microsoft
This is a part of their licensing mechanism.
- even log your browser history and keystrokes
As explained before, this only concerns the modern UI apps, IE and Edge.
While a lot of this sounds very alarming, it is mostly standard corporate cover you ass policy. Also, every commercial OS with an app store has very similar things in their EULAs. OSX has pretty much the same and most (if not all) commercial Android distros do as well.
- allowed to control your bandwidth usage
Besides that every OS is able to do that, remember that this EULA is also for tablets and phones. Within the context of a phone, that part makes way more sense.
- install any software it wants whenever it wants
This is about the Windows Store and app ecosystem and probably the most problematic point on that list.
It has to be there in order for them to be allowed to install stuff like the xbox companion app to connect to a local xbox without extra steps for the user.
It does pose an obvious problem in terms of power users though.
- display ads in the Start Menu
I am not quite sure about the relevance of this point.
This might be only for the "Windows with Bing" thingy, though I am not entirely sure about it. Stuff got sort of quiet around Windows with Bing.
- send your hardware details and any changes you make to Microsoft
This is a part of their licensing mechanism.
- even log your browser history and keystrokes
As explained before, this only concerns the modern UI apps, IE and Edge.
While a lot of this sounds very alarming, it is mostly standard corporate cover you ass policy. Also, every commercial OS with an app store has very similar things in their EULAs. OSX has pretty much the same and most (if not all) commercial Android distros do as well.