"I write low-effort quick contemplation pieces like this occasionally, and they seldom earn me fans or new readers: " The article lightly suggests that windows

"I write low-effort quick contemplation pieces like this occasionally, and they seldom earn me fans or new readers: " The article lightly suggests that windows isn't getting any better, and there's lots of other choices, and office won't protect windows sales like it once did. As long as people keep handing more and more power to microsoft, I'm not sure Windows is going to die any time soon. They figured out that apple and google make lots of money on controlling what apps can go on a phone, and selling customer data to advertisers (in googles case, your eyeballs on search.) It's no mistake they're giving their new software away for "free." They're not stupid, they're going to monetize you one way or another. Like the nice advertisements in your file explorer for cloud storage, or in your start menu for minecraft...Your OS advertises, tracks, knows what software you're using, when, how, and wants to make money on you. :(