Pay for OS updates

If they did that, the piracy levels would increase tenfold

Um no.. Why do I need some stupid tech support that will probably already tell me what I already know. Anything difficult I'd be better off using google, asking around, and/or just figuring it out myself.

O and the guy above me is right if it ever became mandatory to pay for updates (but you did say optional).

Microsoft offers free updates for both legal and illegal versions of Windows because of the security issues from old Windows version. They would never charge, because it would drive many more people to update.

I would pass.

I would consider I yearly deal around the 50 to 60 dollar mark. you figure that windows get revamped about every 3 years then that would mean I would spend 180 for a copy of windows which is close enough to what you pay now. Of course throw in some cloud storage and mybe a gimped office and i think the idea is pass due.

I don't think Microsoft would ever make it mandatory, but I could see apple doing something like this as a way to increase revenue.

if they did that, i would only pay for the service for the single month that a large update came out, then refuse to continue paying till another large update was released. Though, I would probably get pissed that I would have to pay for updates. I don't update to new OS's anyways, I do fresh installs, so that aspect would be useless. I would hate it, and in actuality not ever use the service... and maybe switch entirely to something like Ubuntu