I posted this on another forum (motorcycle - off-topic discussion). I'm sticking with Windows 7. For me, it has reached the point where the direction I see MS taking causes me to lose trust in them.
The more I read about Big Brother is Watching You, the less interested I am in upgrading. I tried it once and realized the number of changes I would need to make to become reasonably safe from Big Brother's snooping eyes (e.g. rename my network to add the extension _optout). That would force me to reconnect my wireless printer, AV Receiver, Blu-Ray player and Roku since the network name has changed. Yes, it's a lot of piddly work and from what I've seen first hand, turning all the invasive features to "off" doesn't warrant the effort.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/201...-your-friends/
Did Microsoft actually say they would turn Windows Defender on if you turned it off?
https://i.imgur.com/iHge6RJ.jpg
I am reminded of the time developers sued MS to separate Internet Explorer from the Operating System. MS argued it was an integral part of the OS and the judge said you wrote it, now rewrite it. Now, we have competition such as Firefox, Chrome, etc.
I will wait until MS changes its policy or until Windows 7 is no longer supported. Then, it's time to look at Macintosh.