Dollars to donuts it means you get base functionality with M$ developed apps (Edge, Copilot, Mail, O365 and OneDrive), and the Microsoft store is limited to just publishers that pay them or feed them data. Nothing can be installed except through their storefront.
Pay extra and you can unlock advanced features like installing from .exe files and using apps from non-partner but “trusted” publishers. So that way you get Google Chrome.
Pay for the developer’s subscription and you can run anything you want, just don’t expect support for it.
Pay a little more and you might get to use some things offline, like Office or Adobe. Or maybe not, they need that telemetry to feed you ads, which no amount of money will get rid of.
Dollars to donuts it means you get base functionality with M$ developed apps (Edge, Copilot, Mail, O365 and OneDrive), and the Microsoft store is limited to just publishers that pay them or feed them data. Nothing can be installed except through their storefront.
Pay extra and you can unlock advanced features like installing from .exe files and using apps from non-partner but “trusted” publishers. So that way you get Google Chrome.
Pay for the developer’s subscription and you can run anything you want, just don’t expect support for it.
Pay a little more and you might get to use some things offline, like Office or Adobe. Or maybe not, they need that telemetry to feed you ads, which no amount of money will get rid of.