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Why should we have to keep begging them or something? Using Linux instead of Windows is a moral issue.
by ilaksh 5y ago
Why should we have to keep begging them or something? Using Linux instead of Windows is a moral issue.
- LeonB 5y agoSoftware constantly uses dark patterns and even “well-behaved” software asks questions with answers like “yes” (large writing) and “maybe later” as the only no option. It’s completely normalised.
- burnished 5y agoIt's not a realistic answer for the vast majority of users.
- dotancohen 5y agoHonest question: Why not? What application does "the vast majority of users" need that is Windows only, today? From my experience with family, coworkers, friends, and neighbors, the vast majority of people today need a web browser. That's it.
- burnished 5y agoSwitching costs! I suspect there is a high degree of knowledge and experience you posses that you are discounting. Most people would need to learn a really tremendous amount to understand what they were switching to and why. Hell, I've got enough know how that I could figure it out, but it doesn't rise high enough in my priority to do. You might also be discounting people who use their machines to play games with. Although I hear good things about SteamOS, that might push the needle.
- dotancohen 5y ago> Switching costs! In my opinion, switching costs are real and are a problem. I've especially seen it with the elderly. However, different Windows versions now have not-insignificant switching costs as well. So while I agree that it is a concern, Windows users must deal with switching costs every three to five years whereas KDE users have had to pay those costs exactly once (KDE 3 -> 4) during the almost two decades that I've been using KDE.
- skrebbel 5y agoYou don't, you're not working on Edgium.