> They were no-longer building stuff for users and instead were building for companies to take advantage of users. This may be netlore at this point, but IIRC,

> They were no-longer building stuff for users and instead were building for companies to take advantage of users. This may be netlore at this point, but IIRC, a big reason why XP pushed for product keys was for cancelled experiments with subscription pricing (or at least updates for paying customers only). That plug was pulled before launch due to lack of widespread broadband infrastructure for the downloads. Continuous updates are a nightmare enabled by modern CDNs and cable.