The "M$" of the good old days merely wanted money and acted anti-competitively to get it - the products themselves were solid. The MS of today, starting with W

The "M$" of the good old days merely wanted money and acted anti-competitively to get it - the products themselves were solid. The MS of today, starting with Windows 8, became a worldwide spyware operator with the spyware masquerading as a shitty, user-hostile OS with the same UI consistency as your typical Linux distribution. The former could be kept at bay with enough money and the products were solid. Not only is the latter's greed for spying on you unsatiable, but the products themselves are terrible.