Microsoft is self-destructing in front of our eyes. They've tried giving Windows 10 away, and can't even manage that, because, while it may be an improvement over Windows 8, those who still have Windows 7 are happy with it and see no reason to downgrade.
The desktop PC market is shrinking as many people can do everything they need with a tablet or phone, and the rest of us keep our PCs much longer than we used to, because there's no good reason to upgrade. Microsoft could have kept that market forever, but threw everything into a crazed attempt to become relevant on phones.
And failed.
So now they're doubling-down, pushing downgrades to people who don't want them. I'm waiting for the day my girlfriend's mother calls to say she booted up her PC for the first time in weeks and it's all different to the last time she used it and half her software doesn't work.