Seems like there are some good arguments here for making Windows free (as in beer) but open source? I don't get it.
- Telemetry.
- Candy Crush.
- Updates crammed down my throat.
- ReFS removed from W10 Pro.
- Still an OS that doesn't know if it's for touch or keyboard/mouse. The information density on Settings app for example is laughable on a 27 inch monitor.
- Every major update used to reset search/privacy settings.
But yeah, it's what people wanted.
But still your comment doesn't even answer the comment you commented on.
I use windows and arch linux and ubuntu. Like them all.
And yes my arch linux i need to update anyway otherwise my chrome and kernel is out of date and insecure.
Windows 10 alone has roughly 10 times more users than the Macintosh OS or Linux.
We so nearly had it with Ubuntu. I suspect sooner or later Google will pull it off in some form or another, if ChromeOS doesn't already count.
This means that 95% of people who own windows do not care about all the issues you pointed out. I subtracted 4% because some people do not like the telemetry and maybe 0.001% dislike the fact that candy-crush is pre-installed.