[cmiles74]

It's dumb on every angle. How many people are going to these lengths to avoid an MS account? Even if they suck it up and stick with Windows, will this really convert them into MS Store app buys or whatever? I doubt it.

They make people mad, they lose some customers... Maybe that's the whole point? I just don't get it.

[colordrops]

Maybe governmenral apparatuses are pushing them to add this so they can track more people, especially the types that don't want to be tracked.

[EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK]

governmenral apparatuses use Windows mostly. So they are making it easier for the enemy governments to hack them.

[Jensson]

That goes for many other governments, and since Microsoft is American you can see which direction this favors.