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Forced free upgrade.

You don't want to know how much money they are losing with it, all because they want a shift to a newer OS. Which makes their platform more future proof..

Yes, it's forced, no doubt. But if i were Windows, i'd rather have a lot of people a free upgrade ( and unknowing users forcing to upgrade), then leaving everyone in the Windows Vista erra :)



They are not losing any money, because Windows 10 is undoubtedly adware. It's "free" because you are the product, and they don't even try to hide this fact:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10053622 (a default install of Win10 communicates with third-party domains of well-known ad-serving/analytics/tracking companies.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9976298

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10053352

http://betanews.com/2015/10/15/microsoft-now-uses-windows-10...

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/204595-lock-screen-ads-...


They aren't losing much money because most Windows sales are OEM sales. I recommend that you read this: https://hal2020.com/2013/03/07/what-if-microsoft-had-done-wi...




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