I might just be drawing a blank, but is there any precedent for a company removing an advertised product feature and relegating it to a more expensive SKU? If so, have any such companies seen adverse legal consequences for doing so?
I couldn't immediately think of any.
Sony. "other os" yes
Microsoft might get a pass since you can still use your existing partitions, you just can't make new ones
Sony outright removed OtherOS entirely on a whim for both old and new users alike meanwhile
The system engineers at my work have had a rough time since the Windows 10 rollout. Microsoft now have liberty to change features with zero versioning. Features are added and removed which traditionally came with big version changes. With no stability there's a constant amount of work that comes with upgrading the machines.
"pro" ain't so "pro" anymore. "Enterprise" is the new "pro" so pay up!
One of the biggest joys of using an OSS operating system is never having to look at a product feature matrix.