I love waiting 20 minutes (after failing to select Linux in grub) for Windows to do an update before being allowed to make an input if I'm lucky I catch it between restarts, so yeah they do actually have a point…
Harambe was just the first casualty. The root cause was the weasel in the Large Hadron Collider shortly before that event, which shifted us into the bad timeline.
Of course, they make your personal information completely open to hackers and advertisers. They also make you open your wallet to buy a Windows 11 compatible computer.
The same system were to bypass the forced account sign-in during installation process one has to trigger a hidden prompt/terminal? Or the one that wants your desktop files to be hosted on OneDrive?
It’s nice for all the windows users who can now copy, crack and redistribute any part of windows legally.
Of course they would challenge it but words can be binding and there is room in law for interpretations.
Piracy is also already winning the war on sharing.
You are free to download and install any .exe file you find on the net!
Seriously though, I used to love to tinker with earlier windows and make it quiet. I feel thankful towards microsoft nowadays (maybe tis the season?) that they are aping AAPL's walled garden. I had a skype account that I could use to access MS store (and log into my windows install? i forget if it's required..) and that made win10 accessable but was the end to my MS based shenanigans.
Windows felt open cuz you're not locked into their app store, but it looks like they switched to doublespeak now.