Windows 10 is a TRAP.
In a few years they will charge everyone a yearly fee.
What is your source for this?
Office is a subscription now.
SMH
Why do you all believe this would happen? As the article pointed out, Microsoft would be doing itself a great disservice with a business model like this. It’s NOT going to happen!
What I will tell you, Microsoft, like Google and Apple, are going to start charging for operating system components. They want to deploy a stripped down operating system with a browser and a file system. Add-ons like movie players, music players, games, etc. will cost money to tack on to the OS. This is already in play with the “stores” such as iTunes, Google Play, and the Microsoft Store. There are free apps, but there are a much larger number of pay-to-play apps. They’re going the microtransaction route by charging small amounts of money for games like Minecraft or Angry Birds. There will still be larger gaming houses such as EA, UbiSoft, Bethesda, and Blizzard, but they’ll be pushed to offer their services in-app much like Steam does now.
And then there’s the usual automation apps such as Microsoft Office and online storage such as Dropbox or OneDrive that will cost money.
So no, Minn, the operating system environment will NEVER go pay-to-play, but the components that jack on to the operating system will cost money through the use of microtransation-based stores, which you’re already seeing on most mobile platforms.