Earlier in the day I was reflecting on how almost all the Google crap on my Android is either opt in or I was giving the chance to opt out of it during set up. It's gunking up my phone but in a pretty minimal and uninvasive way.

Windows opts users into a great deal of crap upfront. Savvy users can opt out of most of it in settings. As a semi savvy user I receive a subsidy from all the users that either live with it or actually enjoy the crapwear. I paid more for Windows professional on the PC I built in hopes that I might have a bit more control over it, so I probably shouldn't get to excited about my subsidy.

The vile Lenovo crap on my laptop is worse than Windows 10. I should just tear it all out but I honestly have no idea what some of it does and don't want to fix the shit I might break.

Operating systems should almost exclusively be only platforms for running applications and supervising networks. I could go Linux on my built box but I really only built the thing so I'd be ready to play Mount and Blade 2 when it comes out so Linux is off the table.

I'm not crying about it because 10 isn't all that bad. I don't really think any of their other OS's were all that bad after service packs. They aren't a fantastic company and they violate every single ethical rule I was taught in my small handful of programming classes but oh well.