For a LOT of us, at least in certain circles of power users, this is the only thing tying us to Windows. I have a fuckton of software that I know almost for sur

For a LOT of us, at least in certain circles of power users, this is the only thing tying us to Windows. I have a fuckton of software that I know almost for sure that will run under the newest Windows... in Linux, yeah, maybe Wine likes it, or maye I'm out of luck. For some of this software there are reasonable alternatives (emulators, for example. I care about the ROMs, and they are not tied to any operating system). Others, not so much (like my Winamp with 20+ input plugins, some of which can play audio files that I haven't found how to play in Linux, at least using a single player for all the formats). Admittedly, Windows' bullshit is making it harder and harder to justify compliance. I assume that at some time in the future I will finally switch and eschew all the bullshit of aggressively anti-user behaviour (ads, forced updates, changes in UI or in the default applications because of said forced updates, and so on) that Windows seems to love since 8 or so. I know I'm not alone. If Windows gets rid of all this compatibility, there is no fucking way that users are going to accept it. Let Windows be Windows and Linux be Linux.