They’ve been switching all their software to subscription based, it’s coming for windows too, it’s less a question of if but rather of when. I’m sure there’ll be a “free” edition though, with more ads and whatever else they can think of. Enshittification doesn’t stop.
Linux has hundreds of distributions, plenty of which feature gui alternatives like Linux Mint, everything’s not arch. I’ll remind you console commands are a thing on windows as well.
This isn’t about every website tracking you regardless. Chrome kept logging browsing information even in incognito mode.
Because it hasn’t stopped working yet.
I wouldn’t call it bombing if the problem is legitimate, and server issues on an online game is definitely a big problem.