This is a good move
Sure, consumers will be annoyed, but this is a sign that Microsoft is moving towards dedicating themselves to being a full time enterprise cloud provider. The freemium model is great for consumers, but it doesn't do any good for the company. For instance, you see why Box, a dedicated cloud provider, had such awful financials with that model (and it's why they're moving away from it too). Satya Nadella is a cloud guy who knows what he's doing, and the truth is, the future of the cloud is in enterprises, not in the consumer market. Leave IoT for the consumer market. JMO I suppose.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
