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WTF!!! What is this? A mafia tax for protection against adds? They are serving you those adds in the first place, and now they want money to clean their own dirt? What is this? A Godfather movie? It's ridiculous!

I already pay the $20 for Hotmail but with this new change to Outlook I cannot even connect to my email. I get a message, "cannot connect to hotmail." This Hot Mail to Outlook change was certainly not seamless to me. M.S., Outlook, and now Windows, Hotmail.. everything M.S. touches turns to CRAP. Apple here I come.

Maybe they should have called it 'Blackmail' not 'Hotmail'.

I've been using Hotmail since it came out virtually,I still use it,but, not so much nowadays.
How they can allow their email service to become a spam vehicle,then,'blackmail' users to get it off,or else it stays,just STINKS.

As for no going back to Hotmail from Outlook,it's that same attitude from Microsoft,that says,of W8,we are NOT going back to the Start Menu.
I don't like it,but,if they want to follow in Apple's footsteps,by making PC users install only Microsoft Store apps,then who am I to argue with them.

The result will be only to the good of Linux.