That’s because everyone with 8.x was dying for an improvement. Gonna be a while before Win7 users move.
I “upgraded” from Win 7, but didn’t like it. I burned an ISO image so I could upgrade later if I wish. I hear I only have a year to do that for it to be “free”.
Forced upgrades have that effect
They should have stopped with Windows 7. 8 just sucks - my wife’s laptop has it, and I hate it like crazy - the filing system just ROTS. Maybe I missed something, or maybe there was a later upgrade/patch, but if you could have the Win7 appearance it might be better.
And Win10 watches everything that you do - NOT interested, Billy.
MS IS tracking your activities- with soemhtign called Diagnostic Tracking Service
The following article tells how to disable it
http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/attempting-to-answer-whether-ms-is-snooping/