MSFT knows their goal of “Windows as a Service,” (charging for updates and maybe even usage) will never be successful as long as there is a significant percentage of the population not using Win 10.
MSFT’s begging and pleading has just begun. I’m seeing more and more folks writing about dumping MSFT altogether for Apple or Linux.
It was Windows 8 that drove me to change. My normal laptop is now a Macbook Pro, while my desktop has Windows 7. The old desktop, which I really don’t use, but has little market value, uses Windows 10. I thought it would be good to experiment with it on there to see how I liked it.
If they go to a subscription model, I’m finished with MS. I had to jump through secret hoops to get Adobe Lightroom in a stand-alone version instead of the subscription cloud version. If they quit supporting that, I’ll go back to the less elaborate but free Canon software for picture processing.