Same. The first few PC games I played in the mid 90’s were ms flight sim and my dad had the joystick. Then MechWarrior 2. Also inverted by default. Tbh it’s a perspective shift. In most games with 3rd person I usually don’t invert. But if I’m first period I have to invert.
Ikr. I would be mediumley furiated if my laptop suffered any issues that caused substantial downtime. OP states cloud backups, so they’re good for data. But you can’t use that data without a device.