A bird whispered a while ago that Microsoft will implement daily online verification, Monthly payment subsciption (free to install) and require consent to a EULA agreement to periodically scan some directiories on your PC:

Pretty sure the EULA (A stands for agreement) for previous Windows versions already covers that.

In fact any filesystem does this. What an EULA might include is consent for transmission of such data.

It does but W11 will take it further.

I can imagine licencing based on CPU time. 1 core will be free. But each additional core will be extra paid on monthly basis. So if you have high end gaming rig rather don't ask on your monthly fee:)

further to where?

I will say too soon and also why is there a windows 11 even in the making?

probably they want something different and cant just change win10 to it

Where ? how would i know ?. I just know it's going further down the crappy road they have been on for a long time.

so you dont know ... okay

Don't know exactly where it will go and how bad it will be ! it will not improve, i can tell you that. Maybe you can give MS some pointers because you apparently love Win10.

I don't actully believe they like it so much. It's just a way to annoy vocal Linux users, to make them taste their own medicine.

Truthfully speaking, I think MS would like to move to the opposite direction at least for non-corporate users, where the OS itself would be free (no license fee).

But, at the same time the OS would try to tie the users closer to using (mainly or even solely) Microsoft services like Azure, MS Store etc.

Forbes speculates:

1. Trying to keep updating the existing Windows 10, instead of just taking a clean break with a new Windows, has turned out to be more troublesome than they thought.

2. It is a marketing move, as people tend to get excited about buying a new computer or device with a "new" version of Windows, instead of the same-old same-old Windows 10 that their grandfathers are using too.

i do , it is the best os so far

you just assume it will be bad... wonder why

I found Windows 8.1 decent enough, except the metro interface. Low on RAM usage and reliable all-around. Excellent for gaming. The UI was a downgrade from Windows 7, but not horrible by any means.

On the other hand, Windows 10 has tripled (if not quadrupled) the number of processes, which led to adding more strain on the RAM. Updates have been hit and miss, the UI is worse than ever (MS can't even decide between legacy and modern), it comes bundled with adware (and not only that), privacy is non-existant out of the box (instead of opting-in you have to opt-out and even then there is no guarantee it will behave as intended, you'd basically have to lock it down with a good firewall).
If you are curious enough, you could learn what is under the hood, you just have to know where to look.
I would call it the worst OS from many standpoints, it has its positives, but even those are outweighed by the negatives.
If the user does not care at all about their machine and how it works, then I guess it can be called a good OS (for that type of user, of course). If they care, even a tiny bit, they will probably realise 10 is nothing short of a dumpster fire. It gained popularity due to three factors: price (or lack of it), direct upgrade path from 7/8 and DirectX 12. Driver support is also at its best from what I noticed.

Something else I think it's worth mentioning: Windows generates 14% of Microsoft's revenue. The main focus has been cloud computing ever since management changed.