[grey_earthling]

When you choose an OS, you're asking to receive the service of the OS-maker's judgement.

So when you choose Windows, you're opting for Microsoft's judgement. That's what this is.

“The food at McDonald's is consistently awful and I hate it, yet I continue eating solely at McDonald's for some reason.”

[devnullbrain]

Buying McDonald's food does not make it legal for them to poison you. Buying Microsoft's OS does not make it legal for them to break antitrust law. Again.

[bmicraft]

But while you can just switch to another fast food chain of your choice, doing so with an operating system and losing years worth of experience + potentially paid software (games) is not something most people will choose to do on their own.