There are alternatives to Windows available to computer users

The irony of Conor Power paying Microsoft for the privilege of getting access to Windows 10 is that he is locking himself in to that system in ways that will both cost him money and be entirely determined by Microsoft rather than himself.

So, for instance, the next time his system is ‘upgraded’, it will be done at a time chosen by Microsoft and so,just when he most urgently needs to get onto his system, the update will take its own sweet time installing itself.

And if his article was originally written as a Word file, Microsoft are moving to make such access subscriptive, meaning he will have to pay fees every year, rather than a single payment.