Microsoft's cloud/AI services are high-margin and lock users into a subscription, i.e. a consistent revenue stream.
Windows is to be a marketing/cross-selling channel for those businesses first and foremost.
They very likely foresee the demise of PC as a platform altogether and are trying their best to shepherd us into their other products.
They very likely foresee the demise of PC as a platform altogether and are trying their best to shepherd us into their other products.