@Lydie
That's great, but do you see how it sounds to people outside the #Windows world? Your operating system vendor has gradually become your adversary. One way or another, you still end up dancing to #Microsoft's tune.
Your computer shouldn't be a tool for wringing money and data out of you. You shouldn't need to trick your OS vendor in order to get security updates. That's not a healthy relationship.
I acknowledge that I'm in an equally unhealthy relationship myself, because I'm writing this on an Android phone and using Blokada to shelter from surveillance and advertising. I'm not criticising you: I'm bemoaning the state of the major consumer operating systems at the moment.