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There is a small part of me that hopes this tanks. There are so many streaming services out there already which means that if you want access to absolutely everything you'd be shelling out a lot of money each month to get it. We don't need another service.

You know they are doing something wrong when even Dot Matrix is annoyed.

2 years is a trash level of support for a $1,000 product.

ANTIFA claims to be anti-fascist, but then acts like Hitler's brown shirts. This is why DHS has named them a domestic terror threat, a process which dates back to the Obama Administration so it's not just "TRUMP!!" The US left really needs to be more careful about who they cheer on before pointing fingers at others.

Congratulations, Microsoft, you're now screwing around with consumers and commercial customers that have legitimate licenses and it's causing issues for said consumers and commercial customers. Why exactly would a copy of Windows 10 - not that I use that POS OS - need to constantly keep some kind of connection going between whatever machine it's installed on and Microsoft? I mean I use OEM hardware, Dell laptops that have OEM licenses for Windows 7, I have a Microsoft Surface Pro that has an OEM license (I still have Windows 8.1 on it thankfully but then again that was an upgrade on top of the factory Windows 8, who knows if this BS will affect me on that device), and there's absolutely NO REASON whatsoever for a machine with an OEM embedded license in the BIOS/UEFI to EVER check for activation status except the one and only time it happens, usually during the installation of the OS. This whole idea of having a constant tunnel of data to Microsoft, it's wrong, it's just wrong, period, and there's no legitimate excuse or acceptable reason for it to happen.

Antifa members now asking mummy for additional pocket money

Agreed. Getting pretty much all of the content I wanted through Prime & Netflix together was perfect. Now everybody is trying to cash in on it, nobody is going to win. It's almost enough to drive a person back to obtaining media through questionable methods...

Anti-fascists = anarchists. Violent and unhinged.

Did their licensing server just get the 1809 upgrade?

Well well... Antifa members will now have to find a job

Prior to Windows 10 the average release cycle for new versions of Windows, was three years. Now they are trying to pump two versions out a year. I don't give a crap if they are still calling it Windows 10 .. the kinds of changes that come with each "update" would warrant a new version number. Got to love it when they are ticking off even their die hard supporters.

Coming from Disney? Well, I'm sure it'll be reasonably priced. /s

Seems from the comments, it's more than just "some" and mostly all.

prob be a good ten years.

Microsoft has been tone deaf for a few years now. Their relationship with consumers, especially decades old fans such as myself, is downright disconcerting. As with any troubled relationship, I started disconnecting a few years ago. It was an abusive relationship. Today, I am no longer married to one company. I'm just enjoying the single life.

They post what makes money, not what the users want.

Microsoft promised that Windows 10 will be the last Windows. It is what I call corporate-######. They need to offer their LTSB version to home users. Then you have a choice -- stick with a stable release, or live on the edge. Hell, that is how Linux distros do it as well. Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and now 18.04 all have two years of support, and extended security support -- and they are free. Tis a shame MS can't pull off something similar.

Who?

Soon we will have $9.99/mo subscription for every single channel. And they wonder why people will continue to pirate stuff... Disney can suck it as far as I'm concerned

Microsoft just needs to SCRAP win10, fire the entire development team, start from SCRATCH! Screwed up release, screwed up patches, files being deleted, activation servers messing up. Just pushing more and more to Linux or Mac

Trackpads and Mice are still around for a reason....

You know something is wrong when you have to address privacy concerns before anyone even has the product lol

"Start?"

The official response from Microsoft Community forums was to ignore it for 1 or 2 days while they fix it on their end.

2 years is a trash level of support for a $1,000 product. The S8 started at $720 and the S8+ started at $840 but I do see your point. my current iPad is the $360 model and i'm sure i'll be getting updates for at least 5 years.