I'll answer your rhetorical question with another one. When was the last time yo...

Dylan16807 · on July 30, 2015

As far as I can tell the main thing pushing people to pay to upgrade windows is when support runs out, not a desire for features.

Far more people never consider it and just let their new faster computer have a different OS.

debacle · on July 30, 2015

I haven't paid for a hammer since I was in college and Hammer XP was $5. I keep buying nails that come with Hammer Home Edition and setting up servers with Hammer LTS and replacing Hammer Explorer with HammerFox. All free.

I'm not Microsoft's target client because I'm a pathological customer. Every home MS desktop user is a pathological customer. They know that.

hyperion_ · on July 30, 2015

I think maybe you forgot a 'not' in there, assuming you wanted to disassociate yourself.