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This is more of a rhetorical question, but why does every modern OS and browser need to try and become a computing leviathan? Why can't my hammer ever be happy just driving nails? I don't need a hammer that cooks waffles.

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I'll answer your rhetorical question with another one. When was the last time you paid for an upgraded hammer?

I haven't paid for a hammer since I was in college and Hammer XP was $5. I keep buying nails that come with Hammer Home Edition and setting up servers with Hammer LTS and replacing Hammer Explorer with HammerFox. All free.

I'm not Microsoft's target client because I'm a pathological customer. Every home MS desktop user is a pathological customer. They know that.

I think maybe you forgot a 'not' in there, assuming you wanted to disassociate yourself.

As far as I can tell the main thing pushing people to pay to upgrade windows is when support runs out, not a desire for features.

Far more people never consider it and just let their new faster computer have a different OS.

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