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The reflexive hate for M$ is not irrational fan-boys bashing a rival, but bitterness over prolonged and profound annoyance, suffering, and downright abuse experienced through using the products produced by that dogshit company.
I switched because I wanted software that didn't hate me and my values.
What's irrational is the Stockholm-syndrome Windows user who thinks it's normal and right to run software that spies, advertises, and generally treats users like a resource to be exploited.
Both are irrational IMO. Don't make up reasons to hate a feature, but do attack the features that spy on you.
One man's feature is another man's anti-feature.
One man's dogma is another man's irrationality