[sph]

> Is there any application of "Modern Standby" that is actually delivering significant value to customers somewhere?

Why do you think it was created to deliver value to the customer?

It is merely a reason for Microsoft to spy^Hextract value from a customer even when the PC is sleeping. Like humans, laptop spend a third of their life in sleep mode and it would be nice to monetise that time, multiplied by a couple billion users.

I think it is clear that the goal of the Windows division is to milk every user for all their worth. By the time they are done, laptops will be an obsolete product and Microsoft doesn't really want to support Windows 20 more years.

[numpad0]

ok, so show us all it delivering value to Microsoft, then. Malicious executive decisions can be stupid.

[anal_reactor]

Yeah it seems like Microsoft is executing its exit strategy on Windows.