If your viewpoint is that of a power user who thinks everyone else should be one too, then it'd be fair to say they're orthogonal.
If your viewpoint is that of a product manager trying to give the most people the best experience you can, they're not orthogonal at all. You're trading a bit of scorn from a very small percentage of users for a larger number of very different users keeping their computers secure. Reducing the number of compromised windows installations is not silly at all.
If your viewpoint is that of a power user who thinks everyone else should be one too, then it'd be fair to say they're orthogonal.
If your viewpoint is that of a product manager trying to give the most people the best experience you can, they're not orthogonal at all. You're trading a bit of scorn from a very small percentage of users for a larger number of very different users keeping their computers secure. Reducing the number of compromised windows installations is not silly at all.