Honest question: If these folks are a minority, then why would MSFT care about making them angry.

IME, HN commenters routinely allege that users who behave in "ununsual" ways, namely ones that might protect them from online advertising, and thus comprise a minority of users, are irrelevant.

(I do not agree that they are irrelevant, but I'm interested in understanding why people besides me might think they are relevant, if such persons exist.)