Another racket to force people to upgrade in a year or two and pay big bucks again.
So switch to Linux. It works great for what it does, which is about 80% of what Windows does. And it's free, and nobody forces you to upgrade.
Microsoft is in business to make money from their customers, and return on the investment of their stockholders. That's what they do. The fact that they make software is fine, but their main purpose is to make money.