Is There Going to be a Monthly Charge for Windows in the Future?

The answer, as you might have guessed, is "yes and no" and "eventually."  For details, read http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/07/14/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-new-monthly-charge/#47f7d98fdfab.  For those who don't want to click on the link, copy and paste the address in your browser bar.  Be careful during the copy, because you might click close enough to the link part that it will go ahead and go to the link anyway.