Everybody needs disk encryption. Loose your laptop on the train or in a cafe and all your browser cookies are out in the wild.

That's just the start, people store private stuff on their computers you know. Photos, letters, bank transactions, emails, contact lists.

Microsoft choice to make this not only non-default but even a premium feature is inexcusable. I already switched to Ubuntu for this reason alone. Now my life is much easier for many other reasons as well, like Docker.