But the same people will still take every opportunity to make the same tired jokes about how I must need to jump through so many hoops to just go about my day on a linux system (for example, opening a terminal to update one package, which I just find more convenient than graphical package manager frontends)
It's a fascinating dynamic. Seemingly the more their trust is betrayed by Microsoft, the more they feel the need to parrot this anti-marketing, as if driven by a need to justify their dedication
I used to play right back into this tribalism, rib them about their "corporate overlords in their infinite wisdom" but the situation keeps getting worse and I have gotten older and I no longer even feel vindicated as this platform decay progresses, just sad for my friends, who won't even consider extricating themselves from this abusive dynamic