Hopefully a reinstall is the most you ever need and there is no chance Microsoft would ever happen to make changes that shaft you.

Software freedom is about being in control over your own computing. If being in control of your research and the results is important then I think it should be important to you too.

I consider myself like a smoker telling you smoking causes cancer in regards to my use of proprietary software. I am proud of the efforts I’ve made over the years to reduce using proprietary software.