Batu69 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Microsoft is giving away Windows 10 for free until mid 2016 to customers running Windows 7 or Windows 8 machines. The move, designed to get as many users as possible on the platform, raised questions in regards to how Microsoft will make money with the operating system if it hands it out for free. Some suggested that Windows 10 would be turned into a subscription service after the first year period or shortly thereafter, but there is no indication that this is going to happen. Surely, Windows Store plays a central role in Microsoft's strategy. A high user count not only drives sales in Store, it is also enticing application developers to create products for the Windows platform and here specifically for Windows Mobile. Microsoft's app ecosystem has been not received the same support by third-party developers that Google's and Apple's ecosystems received, and Microsoft hopes that the all or nothing push to Windows 10, and the increase in users that goes along with it, gets developers to commit to the platform in the same way they commit to the other two major platforms. Travel site TripAdvisor revealed in a press release on January 27 that its new universal Windows 10 application will be preloaded on "millions of Windows 10 compatible devices". Quote TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced the launch of a new Windows 10 app across desktop, tablet and mobile. The TripAdvisor app for Windows 10 will be available in 47 markets and will be pre-loaded on millions of Windows 10 compatible devices in 2016. No further details about the preloading were offered by TripAdvisor either, which means that it is unclear right now on which devices the app will be preloaded on. The TripAdvisor deal is not the first that Microsoft made with third-party publishers. Windows 10 shipped with Candy Crush pre-installed for instance, a popular match-3 type of game. TripAdvisor and Microsoft have a long-standing partnership that dates back to 2013 when Microsoft integrated TripAdvisor's metasearch into Bing's hotel price comparison feature. There are fundamental differences between preloaded apps and programs, and while some may see the move as adding bloat to systems running Windows 10, apps will only take up storage space but won't delay system start, throw popups on the desktop or run in the background. For Microsoft, the deal may be less about money, if money was part of the equation at all, and more about getting Windows 10 users to use apps and the store. Preloaded applications like Candy Crush Soda Saga or TripAdvisor put the focus on apps, and they might entice users to check out Windows Store after all to find other applications of interest. Windows Store is highlighted prominently on the taskbar and Start Menu after installation. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Windows is going to be so full of crapware you won't be able to load or run anything that microsoft doesn't preload. Think the manufacturers of PCs are bad, Microsoft is going to prove they are the good guys. All you windows 10 users, welcome to MicroCrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURbit Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Did someone say WinReducer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbingStorm Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 So I'm assuming this will suddenly appear on the next Redstone update as well as revert all settings and tracking back to windows default? All microsoft seems to do these days is make me angry.I"m sure I'm not alone here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 21 hours ago, OrbingStorm said: So I'm assuming this will suddenly appear on the next Redstone update as well as revert all settings and tracking back to windows default? All microsoft seems to do these days is make me angry.I"m sure I'm not alone here. All people do is complain and get angry and even those posts on Microsoft's websites isn't doing anything to slow them down or stop the behavior they have begun with the release of windows 10. If everyone running it would revert back to their previous OS and quit downloading the crap they might get the message but with all the idiots loading it and hanging onto Microsoft's coattails why should they not believe they have you by the balls, cause when you have someone by the ball their hearts and minds follow. Actually, the current term for a user of Windows 10 is a Lewinsky. I'll let you figure out why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbingStorm Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I'm not sure what os Monica uses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 6 hours ago, straycat19 said: All people do is complain and get angry and even those posts on Microsoft's websites isn't doing anything to slow them down or stop the behavior they have begun with the release of windows 10. If everyone running it would revert back to their previous OS and quit downloading the crap they might get the message but with all the idiots loading it and hanging onto Microsoft's coattails why should they not believe they have you by the balls, cause when you have someone by the ball their hearts and minds follow. Actually, the current term for a user of Windows 10 is a Lewinsky. I'll let you figure out why. Last time i used windows 10 anything bundled with it could be uninstalled except for Edge and Cortana and they have 3rd party hacks that can even do this . Windows 10 has had bundleware every since it came out .....Aka Candy Crush so this is nothing new . It just shows there not making any money on the O/S that they need more adware that can be easy removed. http://superuser.com/questions/958562/how-do-i-remove-candy-crush-saga-from-windows-10 Its not superfish or nothing like that there adding so i dont see it as a big deal there's even ads on windows 7 and windows 8.1 if you install GWX, so no matter what O/S you use if you use windows its a constant battle of being smarter than them . Maybe if people would stop installing any version of windows, they would .do something to improve windows.. but as long as you use there products they still control you to some extent. After all Microsoft has heard all this before Windows 7 over took XP's market share . People need to accept the fact people are going keep using Windows 10 just like people are going to keep using Windows 7 and 8.1 tell there forced off of it like most were with XP . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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