I do everything I can to avoid MSFT completely. I run Win 7 on my home computer and if it weren’t for some of the application programs I need, would dump Windows for Linux in a heartbeat.
Cortana is a busybody. No thanks. Smart home? No, I’m proud to have a dumb home. No Alexa or smart TV here. The Internet of Things is banned here. Connecting my refrigerator to the Internet? Why? Although connecting my garbage disposal might work :)
We’re with you....we don’t even have our heat set automatically....we get up in the morning and turn UP the heat.
And, I bought an old typewriter...now I’ve got to get a new tape.