While I'm sure that would help, I still wouldn't use Windows even if it was completely free and distributed as easily as Linux. Windows has some serious problems with dark patterns like ads in the start menu and telemetry everywhere. The software is slow and bloated. The lack of a package manager makes each application run their own updater (though they did at least put the drivers inside windows update which was a step in the right direction).

It has very little to do with piracy. The whole PC market is suffering [0].

[0]: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/worldwide-pc-shipments-have...

...who is ironically a former MS employee.