1- yes not a bad thing since most infections/attacks comes from unpatched systems
2- yes like everything in the cyberworld, the first privacy breaker = your internet provider; they log and keep everything you do and are the first one to give them to gov agencies if they ask...
3- better than Win7 and some linux distros. i just miss the aero feature of win7. the Win7 start menu is so poor.
4- not anymore, Win10 works flawlessly on any machines, mobile or desktop.
5- they are right, Metro apps (those from appstore) run at Appcontainer integrity level (aka sandbox) while softs you download runs a medium integrity level (hence less secure).
6- yes, Settings for basic settings and control panel for more advanced ones. You neeed 1mn to get used to it.
7- where you get that? i live and in 2 countries, i have no issues with that.
8- we talk about Win10, not win8
9- if You compare win7 pro/ultimate to win10 home , yes you right ; if you use Win10 enterprise (the equivalent of win7 ultimate) , you are wrong.
I just discarded all the "someone else" statement (most of them are hearsay), that obviously has little knowledge of Windows and focus more on aesthetic than security and mechanism.
But before blaming Win10, people must try it first ! and not during 1-2 days but months of use ! Then you will have my permission to blame it