I also don't like that it means they install a piece of snoopware that would "monitor the machine to track things such as disk storage space, processor cores and memory used, then bill the user for what was consumed during a set period".

In other words, spy on you in a manner akin to phone-tapping (isn't that supposed to be illegal?) as well as charging you for using your own computer. And how are you going to pay for it? They'll have to hold your credit card details. That way they really have you by the short & curlies - what happens if you don't meet a payment? (What happens if you don't have a credit card?)

It's also a dandy way to make your perfectly functional computer obsolete if you don't hop to it and buy their latest bloatware soon enough. It's ransom, pure and simple. And whatever became of a citizen's right to privacy?

If I want to hire a computer, I'll hire one. When I buy outright I don't expect to also be held to monthly or quarterly payments.   

Didn't Bill Gates move away from the leadership position to "develop projects"? Is this latest brainchild what he's doing instead?

How much control over us is this mega-corporation going to be allowed to seize?