I'm a fan of Windows, and I went into the article skeptical of it, expecting it to be another rant by an RMS-type privacy nut lining his walls with tin foil to

I'm a fan of Windows, and I went into the article skeptical of it, expecting it to be another rant by an RMS-type privacy nut lining his walls with tin foil to prevent the government from sniffing his wifi packets. But this is an article about product, and not technology, and I have to say I agree with him. The reason I am a Windows fan boy is because I grew up with the same experience. Though Windows has a reputation for being closed source and predatory, its association with games made it much more of a hacking toy for me growing up than any *nix-based system ever did. However, the last iteration seems to be moving closer and closer to the tablet-UX world that modern product designers want us to be in on every device. Monetizing our intent is more lucrative than serving pre-existing demand.