This is such a tired trope that should have died in the early 2010s.
Those who don't like their direction should just switch to a different OS.
Cloud integration brings features which customers want. Customers still can't even be trusted to back up their own data. Customers don't want to upgrade their OS because they don't fully value the huge number of advancements that come with major revisions.
I got something like 7-10 licenses for windows 7 via a student program when I was in undergrad. Literally haven't paid for a single windows license in over a decade because the upgrades are free and transferable to new hardware in many cases.
This is not the outcome one would expect if msft was anti-user. Think about it.
> I got something like 7-10 licenses for windows 7 via a student program when I was in undergrad. Literally haven't paid for a single windows license in over a decade because the upgrades are free and transferable to new hardware in many cases.
Not anymore. Now that you will have to pay for the OS, maybe you will think your consumer rights more. It wasn't a charity.
Those who don't like their direction should just switch to a different OS.
Cloud integration brings features which customers want. Customers still can't even be trusted to back up their own data. Customers don't want to upgrade their OS because they don't fully value the huge number of advancements that come with major revisions.
I got something like 7-10 licenses for windows 7 via a student program when I was in undergrad. Literally haven't paid for a single windows license in over a decade because the upgrades are free and transferable to new hardware in many cases.
This is not the outcome one would expect if msft was anti-user. Think about it.