Windows-as-a-service fail: Microsoft keeps customers in the dark

hello10 said:

Windows Isn’t a Service; It’s an Operating System

Microsoft Is Talking About Windows 10’s Quality, But Changing Nothing

Windows is a service, it's the same as any other free and/or paid services, OS, software, etc. Nowadays, when pretty much every service and software have "call-home", "license verification", "auto-update" and "telemetry" functions baked in to the solution, Windows 10 is not that much different from others. Updates for other solutions tends to be less dramatic, but on the same token, these solutions have much less market share and their hiccups aren't as visible as Microsoft's.

I dislike it just as much as anyone else, but we live in a "SaaS world...

hello10 said:

After all these years with Windows, sometimes I suspect voluntarily staying with it is a kind of fetish. Something like an addiction to problem solving or troubleshooting, albeit complaining about the life all the time.

It's not fetish that causes people to run Windows, it's applications. It always had been and always will be.

hello10 said:

This reminds me of something I read comparing Android and iOS as houses you choose to live in. I don't remember the exact wordings, but it went like the iOS is a house that comes with everything built-in. Everything looks good and works, but you're forbidden to make changes. On the other hand, Android comes devoid of almost everything. You choose the things you want to put inside and make the necessary changes yourself. It more or less describes the kind of people who, in my impression, pick one over the other. Now, guess. Am I an Android or iOS person?

There's really not that much difference between iOS and Android, maybe you should read a little more:

Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary | Ars Technica

Hi,
Looks to me like 10's a service
Can't say I see anything free about it one does pay for the os in one way or another the original qualifying upgraded os had value now even more than 10's valued at since they are rare

Fail wise MS does have the feedback hub so have at it for complaints MS listens right.

Hi,
Onedrive is a good example
Once was very generous as a free account was really high storage 25gb's if memory serves then MS doubled that
Then made people redeem or is disappeared "I didn't get a redeem notice" so it went back to 25gb's I believe then again decreased to I don't remember what it is now I really don't care
But a example of give it and take away
If I actually was using all of the original 25gb's I would of either lost the storage or had to pay for it
This is what apps will turn into
Pay for it or loose it which is perfect except for the os it's self.
But just like the limit on support for builds like 1607-1709 they will go out of support just like win-8/ win-7....