If you are tired of Windows, tired of paying, and consider shifting operating system, and wants to give these companies the finger, then I would recommend Ubuntu. Its really
free, easy, lots of free programs. Firefox, Google chrome, thunderbird (mozilla email), Open Office, runs on Ubuntu and looks the same as on windows.
If you have an old computer that runs slower and slower, Ubuntu will make a big difference too.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu...ting_system%29
http://ubuntuforums.org/