It's not just apps which wont be under your control, all your data too. Write a bit of code, Microsoft owns it. Write up a research paper, a few weeks before you release it Microsoft has the patents. Want to delete something, you can't but you loose access to it and any form of limited ownership. Want to copy YOUR data, you have to pay and sign a EULA.
No thanks.
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It's not just apps which wont be under your control, all your data too. Write a bit of code, Microsoft owns it. Write up a research paper, a few weeks before you release it Microsoft has the patents. Want to delete something, you can't but you loose access to it and any form of limited ownership. Want to copy YOUR data, you have to pay and sign a EULA. No thanks.
No microsoft is a prostitute you have to pay for and then gives you dirty viruses.