Microsoft:'no known ransomware' runs on Windows 10 S – so we tried to hack it

I think that makes the hack technically valid for the category, but much less interesting.

No doubt. I get that MS doesn't want to break the sometimes decades old solutions people came up with for around the office by removing VBA but they should offer a version of MSO that simply does not support it.

Consumers and younger businesses with no VBA dependencies could buy it and companies that need to can continue to buy a version that supports VBA.

The only draw back I can think of is the confusion this could cause when buying. Maybe they could just rip VBA out of Office all together and sell it as an add-on to those who need it.

You make a good point. Although the purported motives for Windows 10 S are somewhat agreeable, like approved apps to stop users downloading malware, the whole concept needs to die in a dumpster fire.

You just _know_ that it'll start with not allowing obvious l33t hacker apps onto the store, and swifty end with any app that features a hex color vaguely similar to Pepe the Frog's to be banned because some wannabe buzzfeed writer said that that shade of green is a hate crime (hugely exaggerating here).