As a Linux person, learning that the only way to get Windows installed without plugging in a Microsoft account was to _never connect to the internet during the

As a Linux person, learning that the only way to get Windows installed without plugging in a Microsoft account was to _never connect to the internet during the install process_ made me feel like I was from a different planet than everyone else. The thought was really > Why do people tolerate this as the norm? How can people stand it? Not to say that that one thing should be unbearable to everyone, but that it struck me as a hallmark of a culture with totally different expectations that I can't really imagine sharing at this point. As for this: > I think most Linux users would admit Windows is a solid option, if just not for them. Idk how to hash the meaning of this out, exactly. It seems indisputable that it's a viable option in that you definitely _can_ use it for various things, as evidenced by the fact that millions and millions of people _do_ use it for various things. But that seems like a totally separate question to me from liking it, or whether it's good in this sense or that. Is it coherent to say that it's a ‘solid option’ and also that it fucking sucks and I don't understand how anybody can put up with it? Maybe somehow that's where I'm at with it