I bet they'll allow Windows 11 upgrade for all computers, when Windows 10 will stop receiving updates. They just want to force manufacturers to make all motherboards with TPM 2.0. There's no technical reasons to forbid those upgrades, just political ones.
I'm probably not as technical as the average HN commenter so maybe you can fill me in...
I've had personal computers for years and none of them have been on corporate networks so I don't see how MS should care about me in that - and for actual businesses aren't their hardware turnaround times generally less than 5 years? Is this all worth it to shave off that 1%?
Everything will be in the cloud and connected with a subscription, paid or with ads.
Your computer will only be client connected to those services, and just as users getting banned from different internet services by breaking the user agreement, you will be banned from your computer for breaking the user agreement. The distinction between the computer and the internet services will be very fuzzy because they will be intertwined.
