@Kirbydogs, Yea, if Microsoft didn't call the next OS after Windows 8 as Windows 9, then why did they go with Windows 10 if it sounds similar to 1.0? I mean, the reason why they didn't go with 9 was because it would confuse people with 95, 98 and Me being the first three operating systems based on 9x.
@ZucchiniMaiden, Windows 8's UI was terrible. I like the Start Menu plain and simple; easy to navigate and find your programs in one spot. Whereas Windows 8 completely re-designed it to have massive boxes with pre-loaded crap and you have to navigate all the way to the right to find your programs. Very annoying and not user friendly. Many people complained when it came out, I was still using Windows 7 at the time so I didn't use it at all until later.
There's also extended updates after its EOL, which requires purchasing a subscription. But that can be easily bypassed anyways so it's not like anybody is going to pay for it, unless you worked in a business like healthcare which are still going to run on an older operating system which relies on older drivers for their equipment.