Why? I think, it’s because Microsoft tacitly approves.Īfter all, if it means more people using Windows 10 (and therefore possibly Bing and Edge), then that’s good. Microsoft must be keenly aware that there’s an easy way to upgrade to Windows 10 for free, rather than paying for an upgrade, yet it has done nothing about it. You just use the official tools Microsoft is offering. Some people consider this a loophole, but it’s not even that. You simply have to use the official Windows Media Creation Tool and select “Download tool now” under the section titled “Create Windows 10 installation media.” The free update doesn’t involve doing or downloading anything illegal.

However, six years after Windows 10 launched, it’s still incredibly easy to upgrade to Windows 10 for free.

While it originally offered a free upgrade to Windows 10 for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 users, it was supposed to only be for a limited time. In many ways, Microsoft sort of is anyway. No one loves you Bing! (Image credit: Shutterstock) Do it, you cowards I think Microsoft should give Windows 10 away for free. So, Microsoft will want to get more people using them, and to do that it needs to knock down the biggest barrier to entry: paying for Windows 10. While the new Chromium-based Edge browser is gaining in popularity – it recently overtook Firefox – it still languishes miles behind Google’s Chrome.Īnd Bing is doing even worse, with the search engine nowhere near as popular as Google’s… Google. The amount of valuable ad money and user information Microsoft would get from more people using Edge and Bing is huge, and by getting people onto Windows 10 as quickly as possible – which has both of those deeply integrated – it can help boost the userbase of those services.Īnd it needs all the help it can get. You see, it’s in Microsoft’s interests to get as many people on Windows 10 as possible for a simple reason: as a trojan horse for Edge and Bing. This is not how you use Windows 10 (Image credit: Anton Watman / Shutterstock) Why wouldn't Microsoft care?īut, why wouldn't Microsoft care? This is, after all, the company that tries to get you to use its Edge browser and Bing search engine at every opportunity – so why would it suddenly become so carefree about Windows 10?

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