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Yes but not so fast. Avoiding MS software purchases is the easy part. Microsoft is a surveillance advertiser, so not giving money to MS is only a fraction of the equation. MS profits from the data that feeds it. Boycotting MS requires withholding data from MS. Thus FOSS people are not off the hook. MS boycotters must also:
So, it’s obviously not as simple as running free software.
Many government offices use MS for their email system. So as a committed boycotter, if I need to contact a gov office I print out hardcopy letters and snail mail them the old fashioned way to stay off snooping MS email servers.