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title: "Why Microsoft is making Windows 10 free?"  
description: "Why Microsoft is making Windows 10 free?"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-04-01  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96671/why-microsoft-is-making-windows-10-free  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "windows-10", "operating systems"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why Microsoft is making Windows 10 free?

Why Microsoft is making Windows 10 [free](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85717/the-best-free-reading-apps-for-book-lovers)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- The corporation wants as many devices as possible to run the updated software. **[Microsoft](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94460/why-is-microsoft-word-not-responding) r**equires a big number of users to persuade independent programmers that developing useful or amusing apps for **Windows 10** devices is worthwhile. Executives also hope that exposing users to the most recent and greatest version of Windows will encourage them to explore other Microsoft products on PCs and mobile devices.
- Satya Nadella, the company's CEO, has stated that he hopes to have 1 billion Windows 10 devices in three years. Microsoft estimates that 1.5 billion people use some form of Windows now. Rather than charging customers to upgrade, as Microsoft used to do, it's adopting Apple's and Google's free download strategy.

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## Read More: [What is Windows 10?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96658/what-is-windows-10)


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