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    Installing OS, 10 years ago:

    Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

    Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

    Installing OS today:

    Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

    Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

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    [–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I don’t understand why Microsoft does not want to improve on this situation.

    Windows is the side hustle, They sell server space now.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    Right, so lets shutdown Windows as it does not bring in enough money.

    I don't think that would be a good idea, to let it rot away. It is a business that brings in money after all, and it keeps the users using Microsoft office(Office 365) and all their products. They need to keep it alive.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    They can half ass it, stuff it with ads, rake in the income and not lose enough users to worry. They have a monopoly and can just keep milking users.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    It works for a while but they will lose market share over time. The home users are mostly not locked in to anything. It is just them that might use their pc at home for work(they should use their work laptop for that). Nowadays most things are webbased. Console/Steamdeck/Android/Chromebooks exists. Microsoft even made Visual Studio Code for any OS so coders can use any OS. The need for Windows is shrinking as people development alternative software for other platforms. It just take time.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    It works for a while but they will lose market share over time.

    The average user thinks their having a spell cast on them if they hear Linux. People are too afraid to learn how to use Windows let alone switch.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I think many is afraid. It is unknown OS. No one likes change. Many thinks IT is hard. especially elder people. However:

    • There is to few places to even buy a computer with Linux on it.
    • No ads on TV or similar, nowhere to test, not a single .exe file to run and test it out
    • Works differently - need to relearn.

    A kid does not have any problem with the above. This is why Steam Deck is selling. It is just fun to test something new with your friends and see what all the buttons do. Seen as cool. Any guess where this is going when they get adult?

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    The people able to figure out Linux will move over, but I don't think a typical Windows user that goes on Facebook and uses Excel is going to understand or care enough to leave. They are use to being abused.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

    That will put sticks in the development. A lot of people think like you say.