content: While your point is valid, Microsoft is free to do as they please without fearing any kind of mass exodus from Windows.. Look at how entrenched they are. Most of society is just along for the ride. And when Microsoft takes advantage of people by aggressively cramming things like Windows 10 down their throats whether the user wants it or not, our government doesn't lift a finger, most likely due to a data sharing agreement between the two. (points at PRISM and other Snowden disclosures)