With Microsoft bodging the operating system by disabling offline accounts, cramping AI in everything and obviously don’t giving a flying f*** about your personal data: how far did you come sweeping that company from your or your family members life?
For me, it is still hard to evade Microsoft, as for reasons, companies and governments are still buying into that ecosystem (Teams, OneDrive, Office, Azure, …).
Did you manage to cut or phase Microsoft out?
Cut Microsoft out of my life completely back in 2005. Went full Apple at that time. I’m now using Linux Mint on all of my computers (including a number of Macs) and am really happy with the choice. Switched over to using Linux last year (started with Ubuntu). Still have an iPhone and iPad, which I use for a few things. But I think most of my time is now spent on my laptop.
My wife has a job that ties her to Windows, unfortunately. Mostly Excel. I keep trying to convince her to switch over and use Wine, at least on her personal machine.
@FrChazzz @SrMono work stuff happens on work devices, period. My personal computer is free from work stuff and therefore I have been able to not use a Windows box as my PC since 2005 or so.