BS. First off, you're not being spied on any more w/ Windows than you are on a Mac--the NSA doesn't give a crap about what kind of computer you use. Updates a

BS. First off, you're not being spied on any more w/ Windows than you are on a Mac--the NSA doesn't give a crap about what kind of computer you use. Updates are only "forced" if you choose them to be, otherwise you can accept/decline updates. There are NO ads. Zero. Worse performance than what? In what? In which application? I use Excel all the time and I recently used it on a Mac and thought about killing myself.