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> I think the better question is why people go still along with it and keep using Windows. The reason investors and CEOs love monopolies and oligopolies so muc

by rurp 4y ago

> I think the better question is why people go still along with it and keep using Windows. The reason investors and CEOs love monopolies and oligopolies so much is that they don't have to care about users, they can abuse them as much as they want. Windows machines are the only affordable option for millions of people so they have to keep using it, no matter how much they hate Microsoft. Governments should be less tolerant of important companies that abuse their power.

Dalewyn 4y ago
>Windows machines are the only affordable option And before anyone chimes in saying "Linux is Free Open Source Software!", remember the old saying: Time is money. Almost noone wants to spend time messing with their computer. A computer might be the end to a means for Linux neckbeards, but for the rest of humanity a computer is simply a means to an end. Windows, unlike Linux, satisfies that role of being a means to an end, of just being a tool for bigger things. Buying a Windows license is, in fact, more affordable than messing in Linux.