The point of this model is to change software into a service.
So no. If not now, eventually all m/s s/w will be. And with 10 you won’t be able to refuse updates.
[[So no. If not now, eventually all m/s s/w will be. And with 10 you won’t be able to refuse updates.]]
Exactly, they watched Adobe screw their loyal customers by switching to a subscription based program, and watched as there was not a significant protest to it- so Microsoft are now emboldened to do the same to their customers- knowing full well that people will be forced into it as more and more websites won’t work with windows 7 and ie 11 etc- They know there is no real alternatives- Linux is a bear to get windows programs working with it, and it acts a lot like windows 95 with constant blue screens of death, faults etc- no thanks-
Not to be crude- but MS has everyone by the crotch with windows 10
That is why I have not updated Adobe Photoshop since they went to “the cloud”.