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"MS fans" is just the average computer user
Now see, I don't actually believe that. I think most people who use Windows do so with no particular affection for it.
I suspect that if you were to survey Windows users with the question "Why do you use the Microsoft Windows Operating System?" you would get an answer spread approximately like this:
90%: What's an operating system?
9%: It's what came with my computer.
1%: I have to, because some program I need to use only works on Windows.
That's my point though. I think OP is using "MS fans" weirdly. Normal people just want to use their computer the same way they always did and don't have an opinion on Microsoft's corporate policy. I genuinely don't know how you would explain Linux to your average 56 year old Linda from HR
I've used this exact line, knowing full well that I know more about the variety of OSs out there, present and historical, than the guy I'm talking to. To avoid having to have a frustrating and unproductive argument.