Afterthought...
I use automation to make people's lives and jobs easier... That was the initial intent and premise of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
I started using rule-based AI models in the late 80's, early 90's. It was originally developed as a tool to help people make decisions, by letting them see difference possible outcomes based on changing circumstances.
Today's world, 50 some years later, then we start to get into the morality of what pushing that further might mean:
"What is the implications and risks of when you use AI as a tool to help people make decisions, into something something that makes those decisions for them?"
Along that premise & concept, that is the why I am promoter of Linux, and the Linux Ecosystem. You still have the freedom of choice available to you. There are 100's of ways to do the same thing. Getting there might be a goal. But how I get there factors greatly in my path. It is "the journey" that matters...
You talked about Windows. At Win 3.0, that is when Microsoft started locking people away from making choices about settings, and what could be installed onto it. From then on, with each release, they made that harder. Now look at Win 11, and minimum system requirements. MAC OS started with that earlier, saying you needed to have their (own) new hardware if you wanted to use a current OS. VMware is very stringent on what they will let you install on.
Linux is a lot more open, flexible, and adaptable. You can make a lot of things "possible" for the masses. It just doesn't have the big $ marketing.
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