[Echo Talon]

However, there are a great many people who hate them because they turn out garbage and they use their monopoly status to edge people out in anti-competitive ways.

then dont buy it. people buy it then complain. then buy it again and again.

[Señor Zorro]

then dont buy it. people buy it then complain. then buy it again and again.

I don't (it came bundled with my laptop, but it's been wiped off in favor of a real OS). You can build your own desktop, but with a laptop you're pretty much stuck paying the MS Tax, which a great many people find irksome (consider how much the hardware would cost if OEMs sold pure hardware). Furthermore, not buying the software does not change MS's anti-competitive tactics.