About time we pushed back about Microsoft (Score 1, Insightful)

I'm not a Linux fan, I find it awkward and often convoluted compared to Windows, but also feel that is greatly due to the monopoly MS still have. It's about the somebody pushed back against these practices, be it this merger, artificial limits in software licensing, digital downloads tied to consoles with no chance of ownership, or any number of the other anti-consumer practices that exist at large in today's industry. Mandating that PCs / Laptops / Phones are not locked down and are sold with Open operating systems should be the absolute minimum. That Microsoft is getting its knickers in a twist over being called out on this obviously anti-competitive move tells you all you need to know about the level of privileged already enshrined in the industry. It should also be a legal requirement that any software purchased digitally, or updates to such should be available physically from manufacturer at media cost, fully functional and not tied to any account. A merger of Microsoft and Blizzard would pull things in the opposite direction, away from real ownership, with everything tied to accounts. Bilzzard is already a greater offender than Microsoft for this, requiring contract phones to even play a number of the single player games on offer. Microsoft is also pulling in the same direction with the constant 'make MS account' nags in Windows 10/11. This has to stop.