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> I typed "python" on windows the other day and it open the MS-Store, asked me to install Python3.8.3. I said OK.

This is exactly why the proprietary software like Windows is so bad for you

I know! That's exactly my point! I didn't like it when it landed somewhere in my drive. I'm not saying proprietary is good, I'm saying it's better (these days), despite this little things that they do for high-level users. In a nutshell: they don't know who their users are: beginners, intermediate, advanced. They have to appease a lot of users, so they do these things and usually get away scot free.

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