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This is just a taste of what it means to have Operating System as a Service. Which is where Microsoft is apparently heading.

Windows as a Service has been their stated goal since prior to the release of Vista. Nadella has opted to go full speed ahead, with everything from Office to the versions of Windows running on the Surface & Xbox being entirely SaaS. I'm just waiting for the "You must subscribe" hammer to fall for Windows in general.

Well its the insider build. The normal build doesn't require that

Then don't join a beta test of softwaree as part of a collaboration with a 3rd party business?

"Personal computer" means one person per computer, vs a mainframe. It's not a privacy statement.

This is actually not how I understand the origins of the phrase. Before the PC, all computers were owned by large corporations and governments, and the PC was seen as a way to take back that control. See also: Apple's famous 1984 ad.