I did not mean to imply it was a foolish choice. Rather, I meant that it is often a deliberate choice that includes technical tradeoffs and this is one of them. The fact that 7 and 8 are still supported makes Windows more stable than Android or iOS. My intuition is that Windows 10 collects less telemetry than either of those and that what telemetry it collects that cannot be turned off is shared with fewer parties than a mobile device.
