content: So weird... this is exactly what I was thinking yesterday. It's like they're intentionally pushing the limit harder and harder until the people push back.  It's like they're testing the waters, seeing what they can get away with. They did it with the XBox One with the indy game situation and the 24/7 online connections, but the customers pushed back pretty hard.  But, with Win10, it doesn't seem that people are pushing at all.  There's a lot of complaining, but I guarantee that Microsoft hasn't lost any users over any of their stunts.  I wouldn't be surprised if the adoption rate for Win10 is higher than Win8 or even Win7, considering the way they're either tricking users into downloading it "for free," forcing it down user's throats, or strong-arming customers/companies into continuing support.