It's not a change in Windows 10's business model. It's still a paid-for operating system.
> that new version is no longer a traditional desktop OS like previous versions of Windows
It's no longer a traditional desktop OS, but that change is not new to Windows 10. It was already the case with Windows 8.
> You also glossed over all the spyware and the ads that you can pay^Wsubscribe to remove even running basic software locally on your own system
Not really. Windows Store apps behave just like other people's store apps. It's exactly in line with the current culture of "free". I'd guess that Microsoft doesn't like it any more than you do, but thinks it needs to become like Android to prosper in a world that's averse for paying for stuff, or even thinks that paying people to write code is evil.
Windows 10 is designed for people who aren't interested in computing and don't want to be bothered with having to maintain their PC.
There's certainly a change in the technology approach, but the idea of developing point releases may have been sub-optimal for five or 10 years. The idea with Windows 10 is to use Big Data from actual usage to drive continuous improvements. Exactly like Gmail, Facebook etc.
> that new version is no longer a traditional desktop OS like previous versions of Windows
It's no longer a traditional desktop OS, but that change is not new to Windows 10. It was already the case with Windows 8.
> You also glossed over all the spyware and the ads that you can pay^Wsubscribe to remove even running basic software locally on your own system
Not really. Windows Store apps behave just like other people's store apps. It's exactly in line with the current culture of "free". I'd guess that Microsoft doesn't like it any more than you do, but thinks it needs to become like Android to prosper in a world that's averse for paying for stuff, or even thinks that paying people to write code is evil.
Windows 10 is designed for people who aren't interested in computing and don't want to be bothered with having to maintain their PC.
There's certainly a change in the technology approach, but the idea of developing point releases may have been sub-optimal for five or 10 years. The idea with Windows 10 is to use Big Data from actual usage to drive continuous improvements. Exactly like Gmail, Facebook etc.