[znpy]

> Imagine Windows if they invested in their customers rather than their stock price and ego. Imagine if they became a bastion of privacy and security. Imagine if they became someone we could trust.

You're missing the point. Think of the actual Windows user: it's not the average joe/jane that get the oem laptop with windows pre-installed, it's the big IT departments that are going to not only ship tens of thousands of windows machines (with "professional" tier licenses) but also the whole bundle of expensive shit (office, outlook, teams, office364, active directory and the whole thing).

Have you focused on those customers?

Ok now think: what alternatives do those customer have? Pretty much NONE.

If you're thinking GNU/Linux you're being unrealistic. GNU/Linux on non-tech workers' desktop will always be ready next year, every year.

If you're thinking Macbooks... No IT budget is deep enough for that.

Microsoft has no need to worry about their customers as Windows users. They have no other place to go anyway.