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This is the reason why i moved to linux. The path this "new" microsoft have choosen, if they continue to do this, they will certainly lose their market share on
by quantos 10y ago
This is the reason why i moved to linux.
The path this "new" microsoft have choosen, if they continue to do this, they will certainly lose their market share on PCs in near future and I hope when users will start caring about their rights and privacy, they will move to other OSes.
- mitm2mitm 10y agoLet's be real, "they" won't. A select few might change to a mac, maybe a chromebook, and that's it. Developers are a case apart.
- specialp 10y agoChromeOS is just as bad with spying as Windows 10 (or worse considering how much other information Google has to tie to you. Apple is well on their way to making their upcoming OS similar as well. We live in a world now where most people are conditioned NOT to pay for software, and don't mind being "the product" for free services. For those that do mind being data mined there are fewer and fewer options every day.
- mitm2mitm 10y agoNo shit. I was just trying to avoid the year of the linux desktop meme, since I gave up on that already, while also doubting that "they" are going to ditch Windows.
- nol13 10y agoAnd I'm just one small developer, but I won't be investing my time in .NET and hosting on Azure.