Did exactly that when unasked telemetry started to get a thing, and windows started to turn just worse. So before/with Windows 7. Really no reason to look back

Did exactly that when unasked telemetry started to get a thing, and windows started to turn just worse. So before/with Windows 7. Really no reason to look back. As you said since proton is a thing the last anti Linux argument of games is a non issue (it kinda was before, but with more annoyances)