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Different thought: In previous versions of Windows, service packs only update system files but retain system and user configuration, so once installed and configured OS can survive ten years or more without problems. Windows 10 releases deliberately change system behavior by changing many OS parameters, installing inappropriate and unstable device drivers, inconsiderately uninstalling needed programs and ruining user personal and privacy settings. There is no reason to force regular users to test betaversion of OS every six months but it is exactly what M$ does. So some users prefer to stay at old release as long as possible; they use wushowhide tool to block unneeded newer releases.
Some my remarks about "upgrade" v1511 -> v1709 can be found here:
major windows updates always screw finely tuned system Solved - Windows 10 Forums