Yes, which is why I use paid-for OSes and browsers, instead of free ones like Linux or Firefox. I don't want to be the product.

I think with Windows you probably are the customer and the product

	▲	vanderZwan an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Cory Doctorow had an essay about that years ago, except he didn't artificially limit it to Windows: "Even if you're paying for the product, you're still the product: Incentives matter, but impunity matters more." https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar...