Microsoft all ready is guilty of encouraging this. A few years ago when budget laptop makers started releasing bottom of the line models with barely 30G system drives. Microsoft slapped their seal of approval on them. A few months later, the Windows 10 updates won't work if the system drive is 30G or less.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride! - HT