I still run Windows on a rarely-used old laptop. Every time I use it, it reminds me how much that’s true.

• Forcing you to reboot to install updates, sometimes interrupting a download or something just because it knows best
• Ads creeping in all over the place
• More and more “features” you don’t want and never asked for
• AI being shoved in your face
• Surveillance everywhere
• Constantly trying to push you to use “Edge” instead of your chosen browser

Linux is not a perfect rose-colored relationship but it’s a mature one.