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In some sense, "you did".

Your actions, intentional and direct or not, allowed for one more sale of Win11 and an accompanying sad Dell computer, giving them the signal (however weak from you as one single individual) that whatever crap they have been doing up to now, still is a good choice in order to sell one of those combinations.

In some sense, "you also did".

You couldn't argue the case on the internet better, and convince enough people not to give the signal that it's okay. We are all guilty :)

It would be the same with Apple or anything Linux, due to the shitty compliance software that had to be installed regardless of the operating system.

Corporate Windows == CrowdStrike, Sentinel One, or other US Government in disguise Malware.