I am one that switched to Linux because of Microsoft. I did so 7 years ago. I was tired of the thinly veiled extortion, and all the bugs that needed to be patched every Tuesday. Plus, having to run 3 antivirus/antimalware programs. Now, I make money from fixing infected Windows machines using Linux. When I fix an infected Windows machine, I tend to laugh at it, and am glad I left that platform. I do not like being strong armed by a software company.
For the record, I don't like Apple either. The only one I liked out of the trio was Wosniak. He would do well to remake Apple the Steve way.