@beardalaxy @Ronnie21093 Most people are forced to pay for windows.

If you ever buy a computer from a store that sells computers that come with windows, microsoft has a tax on all of them, whether they come with windows or not.

Any computer part you buy has a microsoft tax on it too.


Even if you were to get a copy of proprietary malware gratis, that doesn't make it not proprietary malware.

Regardless, the problem with windows is not that it has a price (although it has a huge price), the problem is that it is malware and spyware that does not respect the users freedom.