Microsoft long ago revealed that current Windows 7 and 8 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 10 for free as long as they do so within a year of the operating system’s launch. What wasn’t made clear was what happens after that year passes. Would Microsoft extend the offer in its quest to bring Windows 10 to one billion devices in three scant years? Nope.
In a post to Microsoft’s Australian Partner Network—and first spotted by Neowin—Alex Snelson, a Windows product marketing manager at Microsoft Australia, clarified what will happen after the deadline.
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Of course they would charge for it. They said it’s free for one year. What other possibility would happen? Keeping it free? They said this at January 21 "a free upgrade for Windows 10 will be made available to customers running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1 who upgrade in the first year after launch". After that, what’s the opposite of free? Paid. Why are people getting this now? What am I not getting?
I'm half expecting a subscription model to hit windows 10 as it hit Microsoft Office in the form of 365...