I'm on dial up myself and I can barely keep W-8 Mistake going on those huge patches. They do all of this and yet the Morons still can't even develop a decent browser anymore much less a decent "Practical" OS. Palemoon is a far better and reliable browser.
As for an OS? Windows XP was the height of MS greatness. It was their best success. XP was best compromise and most reliable and functional OS they had made before or sense.
I'd almost swear MS wants to go out of business by finally ticking off enough customers to where they either bite the learning bullet and go with Linux or pay extra for Mac. I liked MS up till W-8 aka W/Hate and for good reasons. I even forgave them for Windows ME. It's like putting the steering wheel to your new car in the back seat just for the sake of calling it different. MS doesn't listen. There is a huge disconnect in their company now between their products and the ease and practicality.
I’m on 7/64 and will be here for long time to come. That said, What MS is doing is what Apple did. Driving the market outside their direct control and with no cost to themselves and ultimately, profit for themselves. Econ 101..
They have X functionality and people want X. That functionality is restricted by another company’s bandwidth. So the customer will naturally want more bandwidth to use this functionality they paid for. This will drive cost down and bandwidth up which MS can then leverage further.
The customer forces change on ISPs in ways MS cannot. End result, MS wins.
I use AT&T. My monthly cap is 45GB. ‘Course, my monthly phone bill is $275.