@mischievoustomato >the true freedom, which is doing whatever I want, is not impacted
You do *not* have the freedom to "do whatever you want on windows" - it has many restrictions and digital handcuffs.

Just off the top of my head;
- You do *not* have the freedom to remove many preinstalled programs - 3rd party uninstallers only work for a short time and then suddenly such programs are installed again.
- You do *not* have the freedom to disable updates - 3rd party workarounds only work for a short time and then suddenly updates are reactivated and there is another way microsoft has to push updates which doesn't even list the update in "windows update".
- You do *not* have the freedom to change telemetry settings - after many updates, anything you set gets reverted to default.
- You do *not* have the freedom to store files in the documents folder without a chance of microsoft deleting all the files in such folders.
- You do *not* have the freedom of not having your desktop screenshotted and keypresses logged.
- You do *not* have the freedom to load kernel drivers without microsoft signing them and the option to disable driver signature enforcement makes many unrelated programs refuse to operate.
- You do *not* have the freedom to edit many system files, even as the administrator.
- You do *not* have the freedom to modify the OS when you wish, as you do *not* have the source code.

There is many more freedom issues that will probably fit a whole book, so you couldn't be more wrong.


Of course, GNU/Linux-libre actually gives you true freedom, as it doesn't have restrictions, nor digital handcuffs - GNU rm for example respects your freedom and will remove / if you pass -rf --no-preserve-root.