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You can't just say you love Microsoft, except for this part though. Putting malware and spyware into their paid products after the fact is part of the cash machine that keeps the more attractive products afloat.

The only reason AAA games target Windows is because you rely on Windows for that.

It's a very stable economic arrangement /s.

I agree we can build plumbing complex enough that it can convince anyone, including itself, that it is self-aware.

We can philosophise about whether that's true consciousness. But that's the same directionless thought experiment as questioning whether anyone besides yourself truly exists.