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Just because something is not supported anymore doesn't mean you have the right to force people to stop people using it.

Windows 7 is not out of support because it's obsolete, it's out of support because of MS commercial strategy.

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Excellent point. That's the heart of the issue. Changing the terms of the relationship after they've been established. Great way to ruin trust.

This is exactly my issue with the forced upgrade. With a browser like Chrome, automatic upgrades are there from day one. Everybody expects them, and they happen silently anyway. On the other hand, Windows 7 users never signed up for forced OS upgrades when they purchased the OS. (Especially not an upgrade that downloads gigabytes of data, forces your computer offline for hours, and sometimes even bricks your computer.)

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