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It’s an interesting take, but maybe they have to. While Windows PCs dominate for consumers, os there really any point to them for most people? Does Microsoft fear the market they dominate disappearing?
So many people here talk about keeping Windows only for gaming. My laptop is Windows for one game, plus tax prep, and most of my electronics time is smartphone or tablet. Even productivity software is mostly as a service now: from school Chromebooks, my kids have grown up with free online office apps, etc. no need for Windows. For hobbyists, most of us use Linux, so very few Windows home servers.
I do wonder whether the Windows PC market is sort of like cable TV. Everyone pays for it out of habit, but most use cases have better/cheaper alternatives. Could we be on the verge of a collapse of that category?