Vancouver wrote: ↑15 Nov 2017, 08:14
W7 be damned. Upgrade to W10 for free with a slight fib it can be yours no issues no Q's asked, it'll be free anyway generally soon enough.
W10 will never be 'free'. You may be able to download and install it at no cost, but you can be sure that MS will recoup their costs one way or another.
Similar to supermarkets BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free). It's not 'free', it's conditional. You must buy one item to get the other at no additional cost. If it was truely free, there would be no conditions.
Personnally, I would much prefer to pay for an OS and get 8 to 10 years real support than to get it for free and have the publisher decide what goes onto your PC, what's deleted and what hardware they will continue to support.
As for subscription services (eg most of Adobe's photo processing software) -
NEVER!
Kevin