Redmond would prefer it if you just sodded off
I did.
No slurp. No malware (well, none worth worrying about to date), no registry (thanks Devuan! I can avoid Pottering's contributions completely!), no forced updates, no gigs of updates, no waiting till "patch tuesday" for updates, no waiting for ages for updates to install, or to be able to use the system after updates. No random deleted drivers or software.
Just a system that does what I want, and tells me if there is an update that I might wish to install on my own time.