Why does Microsoft give Windows 10 away for free to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users?
It's part of their different monetization strategy. Rather than selling Operating Systems, they now sell software (or more accuratly subscriptions to software). In fact, since the Windows 10 operating system is shared between phones, tablets, holographics ,computers, and even the Xbox, it means W…
The Short Answer
It's part of their different monetization strategy. Rather than selling Operating Systems, they now sell software (or more accuratly subscriptions to software). In fact, since the Windows 10 operating system is shared between phones, tablets, holographics ,computers, and even the Xbox, it means Windows get an extremely big market. So every system that works on any of the above systems, can also work on everything else. Through that, it means that Microsoft will get the dominant marketshare in apps on each of the systems. By getting everyone on the same system, Microsoft ensures that every developer will want to make titles for the system, and thus, that everyone will switch to it's systems.
Analysis
Key Concepts: Systems, system, it's
This explanation focuses on systems, system, it's and spans 112 words across 6 sentences. At 58% above the average Nature explanation (71 words), this is one of the more thorough answers in this category, reflecting the complexity of the underlying question.
What This Answer Covers
The explanation opens with: “It's part of their different monetization strategy.” It then elaboratesultimately building toward a complete picture across 6 connected points.
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Ranked #85 of 500 Nature questions by answer depth (top 18%). This places it in the comprehensive tier — the top quarter of most thoroughly answered questions. Questions at this depth typically involve multi-faceted topics requiring nuanced explanation.
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