[deanhills]

@deanhills

I thought about that too but decided otherwise. Windows problem is 2 fold. License and data. Main problem is their leech of user experience data. Now I don't mind that but my problem is they using my precious bandwidth for all that  nonstop tweakings. Basically, in a way they are like asking us to pay for them to use our own data for their profits. I don't mind that like I said but not on my bandwidth. Plus their business model is changing. I think they will soon ask for annual subscription for all Windows editions just like many other software do today. After all why take a onetime fee when milk customers forever. And in a way Licenses are depends on how much data we are willing to give them.

I've only learned about the bandwidth issue recently.  The annual license issue I've been worried about for a long time.  Probably time for a radical change away from Microsoft.

Like, Home edition is we give it cheap you will us all data, Pro we will give it for affordable you don't have much choice over data. Enterprise, you pay more and you decide you give us data or not. So regardless you pay for it or not still we end up with this problem and you will have to either let them do whatever they want or fight for it. And Microsoft support is crap, at least to my experience. So personally I'm not gonna pay it anymore.

 That is a great summary and you're so right about how crappy Windows is and even worse Microsoft "support".  The few times I've read through support discussions in Microsoft forums, it's usually an expert from outside who is much better at grasping the issue than a Microsoft support person.  Like their support is like standard copy cat sentences that sometimes doesn't even make any sense. I don't think the support person even understands what they are saying.

This whole experience of mine of the last few weeks of trying out Windows 10 reminded me of the classic narrative of Windows being full of security holes and a huge security risk. Microsoft tries to fix these holes with security updates - the more they try to fix, the more holes appear, so much so that those update packages have become too large for hardware to cope with.  I'd go as far to say that Windows Updates have become equivalent to malware to the extent the updates can interfere with the normal operation of a computer.  For me those updates are much more of a threat than the actual threats against which they have been designed for.  Possibly this whole Windows system is in process of imploding?  I've read many blog articles where the Windows Updates are seen as a major threat.

The real reason why they have given full control over data in Enterprise is they don't want to get into trouble under corporate espionage. So they give companies the choice, Hey by default we take your user experience data but you can't turn it off if you want. So I guess I will start learning how to tame this Windows 10 for my preference. Plus I want to see how it will be after 180 days.

You've hit it on the nail @xdude.  This is the direction I will be moving into too.  Learn how to tame Windows 10.  There is a long journey lying ahead of me with this.  I also want to explore the Linux route. But in the meanwhile my primary computer stays on Windows 7. It feel very much like a safe haven after my recent experience with Windows 10 Professional in an upgrade environment.