> but because they correctly realized selling an OS isn’t a profit generator anymore This may be true. It may also be that they recognised that they can reduce

> but because they correctly realized selling an OS isn’t a profit generator anymore This may be true. It may also be that they recognised that they can reduce fragmentation of their userbase, and increase control, by making updates free, and the value of that to the business may exceed the dollar value made from charging for software updates.