@icedquinn @galena @aven is this a "you wouldn't download a car" kind of argument? Because I absolutely would.

When I buy a chair, I don't see why I shouldn't be able to deconstruct it and make new chairs with the same design. Or maybe slightly altered for more comfyness. Why should a copy of Windows be any different? And if Microsoft isn't willing to supply the market with version of Windows without Cortana or telemetry, given that there is an existing demand, there is literally no reason why nobody else shouldn't do this in their stead.