No, the dumb take is believing that if you pay for something you are not the product anyway.

I definitely feel less a product on macOS than anything Google-orientated. I don't know where Windows fits into that exactly, given "paying for Windows" is not really how it's even seen, given major updates were 'free' (with extra ads).

He meant the face-value of your comment is dumb.

But I think it as sarcasm is also wrong.