to be fair though, when someone says "you should switch from X to Y" there isn't an implicit "you'll have to use second hand / used versions of Y" attached to

to be fair though, when someone says "you should switch from X to Y" there isn't an implicit "you'll have to use second hand / used versions of Y" attached to that message. e.g the statement "you should switch from [cheap car] to [expensive car] because expensive car is much more comfortable" does NOT carry the "I meant a used [expensive car]" implication. Most people would understand that the first statement implies you should pony up the price differential because the extra comfort is worth it. It is bad enough that Windows has a monopoly and uses it to gouge customers. Why would anyone want to replace a software monopoly with a software and hardware monopoly?