OS uninstallable

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Apr 3, 2023 at 9:09 AM Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>> [...]
> Now, my wife has, upon my request, successfully attempted to download
> the MS Windows iso (she is a software developer of .Net web
> applications, and runs MS Windows on her computer,and, she has not run
> Linux, for a while), and, she has written it to the Ventoy drive, from
> her Windows computer.
>
> The URL that she used, is
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10
> which, on my Linux Mint 21.1 Mate system, redirects to the above URL
> posted by Liam (which varies from the one that my wife used, only in
> that the one that Liam posted, has "ISO" appended to the URL, as can be
> seen in comparing the two URL's above.
>
> The URL https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10ISO
> displays
>
> "
> Download Windows 10 Disc Image (ISO File)
>
> Before updating, please refer to the Windows release information status
> for known issues to confirm your device is not impacted.
>
> You’ve been routed to this page because the operating system you’re
> using won’t support the Windows 10 media creation tool and we want to
> make sure that you can download Windows 10. To use the media creation
> tool, visit the Microsoft Software Download Windows 10 page from a
> Windows 7, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 device.
>
> You can use this page to download a disc image (ISO file) that can be
> used to install or reinstall Windows 10. The image can also be used to
> create installation media using a USB flash drive or DVD.
>
>      Before you begin
>
> Windows 10 2022 Update l Version 22H2
> Select edition
>
> The Windows 10 editions below are valid for both Windows 10 Home and
> Windows 10 Pro.
> "
>
> So, in the context of all of this, what I surmise is thus; the MS web
> site has detected that I am running Linux, or, specifically, the version
> of Linux that I am using, and not MS Windows, and has responded with "F U!".

It is unfortunate you are not US based (or maybe not). If you were a
US resident, then the FTC would like to hear from you. The FTC has an
email address setup to take complaints for anti-competitive behaviors
that harm consumers (antitrust at ftc.gov,
https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-competition/contact-information).

Maybe AU has a similar office?

Jeff