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Of course Microsoft is evil. All companies are amoral machines driven only by profit. All basic search engines become more useless by the day, while Windows enshitifies in every way possible. The natural trajectory of all companies is monopoly, weakening all supposed benefits of capitalism by design. Capitalism requires heavy government intervention to ever benefit the customer, and by removing that as a viable option, liberal democracy has signed its own death warrant.
That's why I use Linux :3
I wish personal choices could keep us safe from capitalism, but that will never be the case.
I didn't claim to be safe from capitalism, all I'm saying is that my operating system, browser, and most other software on my computer are community owned.
Well put
r/pcmasterrace on reddit is absolutely coping right now and members are attacking Linux users on sight
Holy shit, really? I have had some people genuinely try defend this by saying it's going to be done "on device" (kek) but holy shit.
Even if it's on device (lol), it is another of the resource hogs that microsoft loves
Requiring at least 50GBs of free space! Yeah, Microsoft’s spyware is exactly what I want to spend my storage on.
At least the top comments on a couple of the biggest threads are skeptical
I found that thread because I was curious I've skimmed it and saw many instances of people going "but it's only on the snapdragon x chip", as if Intel and AMD aren't gonna release the same CPUs but capable of more AI shit
TIL you can customize the icons on Libreddit.
Gonna have to check the docs -- can I make my own colorschemes??
It’s a corporation. Of course it’s evil.
Technically, not all corporations are evil.
For example, I'm a solo-entrepreneur and I own my own company/corporation and I'm the only one in it. I don't think I'm evil. (For now??)
But I get what you mean. I'm assuming evil comes with size, power and influence
i think the line generally comes specifically at "publicly traded company" that's when everything other than "line go up" is thrown out. publicly traded companies are inherently bad for everyone but those who invest in them.
Privately held are bad too
privately held can be bad, but they aren't inherently so. it's possible for a decent person/idealogue to have a decent product that people want to buy at a fair price. they're just very easily beat out by bigger brands most of the time because they aren't ruthless like the big ones.
You do have privately held companies that are owned/run by people who aren't complete shitbags until the ownership changes & it all go's to hell.
As am I. Also solo. I’ve talked to a ton of small business owners, and the difference between small business owners and corporations is you have to be willing to fuck people over to become more than “the little guy”. So, I think people like us are in the “not evil” category because our goals aren’t just to simply “make money line go up.” However, because of that, we will forever be “the little guy”
Yeah, exactly. I think it depends on your goals and aspiration.
The more a company/corporation grows, the more likely it is to become souless and evil.
For now, I'm a "little guy" and I love the freedom that comes with it. The moment you bring employees and people, then you have to start managing and stuff.
We'll see what the future holds.
Precisely. Best of luck to you my friend on your journey. Mine has been a wild ride and I’m not even a year into it.
Then you’d be a small business or company, but not necessarily a corporation, correct?
My understanding is that corporations are larger and generally public owned, and thereby focused solely on “line go up”
A corporation is simply a legal entity that anybody can register. You could have one tomorrow morning if you wished.
I do own a corporation, even if I'm alone. It's just that I own all the shares and equity privately. I'm also a business owner because I run a business with that corporation. But a business owner can also run a business without a corporation if he chooses to.
Now, you can do a lot of things with a corporation depending on your goals and aspirations. It has different rules, laws and purposes than a normal employee or a self-employed individual.
Examples: hire people, tax benefits, grow larger, own assets, sue and be sued, raise capital, loan/borrow money, go public, etc.
A corporation is what you make of it.
Anyone who recommends you use Windows is actively trying to cause you distress and anguish.
Linux users turning into computer-vegans when somebody uses a different OS
That's so true. There was this time I was checking a Linux community here on Lemmy and someone made a post saying he was trying this new Linux distribution and said he was having fun with it. I genuinely asked what he meant by "having fun" and I received downvotes and no replies. Then, replied my own comment saying "Oh my, downvotes and no replies, what a lovely community" and my comment was modded out. That totally killed my interest in Linux.
Yeah people on the Internet tend to be very very jumpy at anyone It could very well have been that people just took your tone as condescending or whatever better adjective describes it. It isn't your fault
Why do you think I'm using Linux mint now?
To attract horny single women in your area?
We all know that Linux users have the most guarantee to get laid
Why is everyone moving to Mint?
Mostly because it's similar enough to Window's GUI, while not being Microsoft.
Mint is pretty good at "it just works" thing and has a very friendly UI. It also comes with a few very handy tools developed in house by the Mint team (though these can be installed on other Debian/Ubuntu based distros). It's usually high on the list of recommended distros for people new to Linux or who just need general purpose computing without a lot of fuss.
Because I had experience with Ubuntu in the past & wanted to give mint a try.
Seconding this. Along with the fact that Ubuntu wouldn't work properly when I tried it. I had an issue with the installer that prevented me from downloading anything. So I tried mint and it just worked.
I wouldn’t say evil, just another capitalist company. It’s the norm unfortunately.
Just because everyone is doing it doesn't make it not evil.
"I knew, there's a reason why I haven't upgraded to 11, and once I'll be forced to do so, I'll be using some hacked version to get rid of most of the bloat that still has the upgrades, and doesn't put Brave as its default browser - no thanks, I don't need a Chromium browser for anything else beyond sites that broken on Firefox due to lack of testing and/or intentional breaking even with spoofed user-agent string (I'm looking at you, government websites).
You dropped this: "
"I'm looking at you, government website"
I don't think there is any browser that government sites actually work on.
Internet Explorer 6
I'm too lazy to use Linux but I'm considering
It's not as hard as it seems.
I've got to get all of my PCs moved to Linux by October next year too; we've got this!
ah yes a classic xenia posting, these never get old.
Yes to make this a new more versatile meme