I’ve been running unactivated win 10 for years. The ad in Windows update saying 11 is free has been there for months. I tried installing it and… It’s a lie.

Who the fuck looks at the US right now and thinks “I want that?”

They will never be happy with how much money they squeeze out of it. When people are watching videos that are 99% ads and the content is limited to two alternating pixels they will still find a way to further optimize their profit-taking. Nothing is ever good enough for the hyper-capitalist; product managers are a disease.