I'm not in the least it surprised about this.
m$ will do everything they can to find out what their users use.
I'm on dial-up, if m$ want to find info about what I do, then tough sh*t - I'm not wasting time online telling them about my programs. If I had broadband, then I wouldn't be bothered about it, but when you're only on a 52k modem it's a big deal.