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I do the same and I wish, too, that we lived in a world without Microsoft: I'd take only Linux and Mac machines any day over having to live in a world where tha

I do the same and I wish, too, that we lived in a world without Microsoft: I'd take only Linux and Mac machines any day over having to live in a world where that turd that Windows is exists. But sadly it's not the world we live in: in the world we live in MSFT has a freaking 2.4 trillion USD market cap. so work like in TFA is needed. At least Apple and Linux did make a big dent and the billions of Linux devices shall keep powering the real world for a very long time and it seems unlikely Mac users are going to trade their MacOS laptops for Windows turds, so all hope is not lost. And thankfully, so far, Microsoft phones have all been miserable failures. I do my part to fight Microsoft: I confiscated my mother-in-law's Windows laptop after she got malwared and fell for a scam and I bought her a Chromebook. My wife is more of a poweruser so I wiped her Windows system and installed her Ubuntu. I made my brothers switch to Mac computer a very long time ago: was tired of supporting their Windows never failing to get slow, catch malware etc. and simply told them: "You buy Mac computers or I'm not helping you anymore". Microsoft is a mediocre company making the world a shittier place, but they're here to stay.

jstimpfle 3y ago
It's been ages that I've experienced a Windows install becoming slow. I haven't noticed any malware recently, either.
- sshine 3y ago
  "Slow": I removed Windows on a freshly installed laptop less than 6 months ago. Its latency was noticeable in spite of running a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12850HX. This is not a case of Windows "becoming slow", but of Windows "being slow". You could argue that my point of comparison is unreasonable, because I disable so many things in my operating system that I don't use that it's no wonder. Before starting my browser, I use less than 200MB RAM. My UI response time is lower than what my eye can perceive. I don't know exactly how fast that is, but I think gamers begin to care at around 10 ms. Malware: > Microsoft is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-windows-11-onedrive-notifications-start-menu-1850327990 https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-windows-11-onedrive-notificati... Somehow, paying for an operating system does not relieve you of advertisement.
  - trelane 3y ago
    It used to be that either you paid for the software product, or the software was free and you were the product. I guess they just, you know, fixed the glitch.
bsenftner 3y ago
And if we lived in a world where Apple was in Microsoft's place, it would be a darker world. I'm one of the original 3rd party mac developers, and despite liking their hardware and appreciating their OSes, the company that is Apple is one horrible fascist asshole. I've never published Apple software due to their Orwellian legal practices, they are flat out anti-independent developer in exponential layered ways.
psd1 3y ago
In a world without Windows, malware would exist on whatever else the dominant OS is, and you'd still have to replace your MIL's laptop with a more obscure system.
- trelane 3y ago
  I a world without Windows (or at least one with enough competition), software and hardware wouldn't require Windows either, since it would support multiple OSes.
sassy_quat 3y ago
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jstimpfle 3y ago

It's been ages that I've experienced a Windows install becoming slow. I haven't noticed any malware recently, either.

sshine 3y ago
"Slow": I removed Windows on a freshly installed laptop less than 6 months ago. Its latency was noticeable in spite of running a 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12850HX. This is not a case of Windows "becoming slow", but of Windows "being slow". You could argue that my point of comparison is unreasonable, because I disable so many things in my operating system that I don't use that it's no wonder. Before starting my browser, I use less than 200MB RAM. My UI response time is lower than what my eye can perceive. I don't know exactly how fast that is, but I think gamers begin to care at around 10 ms. Malware: > Microsoft is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-windows-11-onedrive-notifications-start-menu-1850327990 https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-windows-11-onedrive-notificati... Somehow, paying for an operating system does not relieve you of advertisement.
- trelane 3y ago
  It used to be that either you paid for the software product, or the software was free and you were the product. I guess they just, you know, fixed the glitch.

bsenftner 3y ago

And if we lived in a world where Apple was in Microsoft's place, it would be a darker world. I'm one of the original 3rd party mac developers, and despite liking their hardware and appreciating their OSes, the company that is Apple is one horrible fascist asshole. I've never published Apple software due to their Orwellian legal practices, they are flat out anti-independent developer in exponential layered ways.

psd1 3y ago

In a world without Windows, malware would exist on whatever else the dominant OS is, and you'd still have to replace your MIL's laptop with a more obscure system.

trelane 3y ago
I a world without Windows (or at least one with enough competition), software and hardware wouldn't require Windows either, since it would support multiple OSes.

sassy_quat 3y ago

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