Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news

I left Windows in a hail of Vista bugs, over a decade ago. I've seen it get worse and worse in that time, both in UX rot and anti-consumer "features".

I'm almost impressed with what people willingly put up with.

Not here to eulogize over what I moved to, but I think it's important people consider why they're still using Windows. It's not your friend.

What's the alternative though?

I don't want to buy the overpriced hardware that comes with Apple.

For Linux, I'd like something that provides some kind of stability without me having to search for obscure shell commands for fixing new issues every 2 weeks, which unfortunately has been my experience with using it on my laptop in the past. Maybe it has gotten better, I'm open for recommendations.

When it comes to laptops, I don't see how apple is overpriced. I'm currently in search of a well-built CPU-performant laptop with a decent bettery, and the likes of XPS and Thinkpads cost about the same or more than a similarly decked Macbook m2 pro. Only the GPU and upgradeability could be considered limiting factors.