Interesting, I had the same experience. When 8 and 8.1 came out, I upgraded immediately because I thought I'd need to get with the times eventually. I suppose,

Interesting, I had the same experience. When 8 and 8.1 came out, I upgraded immediately because I thought I'd need to get with the times eventually. I suppose, in retrospect, 8 wasn't that bad. It had questionable design choices, but not anti-consumer design. Even Vista wasn't anti-consumer, it was just very unpolished. Perhaps it's easier to accept mistakes than it is to put up with malicious behaviour.