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Healthy for whom?

Not for people who don't want software to change out from under them. This includes a large number of people and cuts across just about all industries.

Not for people who want portability. "Cloud" services have a horrid habit of holding your data hostage. There's usually lip-service to portability, but for any moderately complex application, there's nothing available to load the data in to.

Not for people who are not connected 24/7. Sure, this number shrinks all the time, but there will always be times when we're offline.

Not for people who consider their data sensitive. Windows 10 should probably be considered malware by anyone who has a nondisclosure agreement with teeth and works on sensitive documents.

It is absolutely better for businesses creating commercial software. Revenue is so much easier to handle.



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