Hate fest? Personally, I have simply expressed the decision I have made as a consumer in reaction to actions I find offensive by a company.

I am also acting in my own best interests, as I have no interest in purchasing products from a company that engages in the sort of tactics we have been seeing lately.

Please do elaborate on how their tactics are safeguarding the best interests of their customers, I truly fail to see how.

Now, as far as this being blown out of proportion, well, going by that standard, hey, what's an EULA by MSFT? They are just "acting in their own, and their customers best interests", right?