I know what you mean. Sometimes, though, nonconformity can be done for practical reasons. It's not always about being different for the sake of challenging the status quo.

My landlady ran into a problem with her Windows 8 machine. To fix it required sending it to a PC repair shop and spending the 80 bucks for them to look at it and get it back in working order. She ended up being without her machine for a few days.

Then there's me. When Windows Update bricked my Windows 8 machine, I checked my options (and my bank balance). Couldn't afford the PC tech. So I grabbed a Linux Mint DVD I had handy, salvaged the files I wanted to keep, and replaced the operating system. I was without my machine for less than 24 hours.

Sometimes, the "nonconformist" choice IS the path of least resistance.