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Their current approach to Windows seems to be to milk it as much as possible before the desktop dies out.
by Maken 3y ago
Their current approach to Windows seems to be to milk it as much as possible before the desktop dies out.
- trinsic2 3y ago>Their current approach to Windows seems to be to milk it as much as possible before the desktop dies out. I'm starting to think that this is what Microsoft's goal is.. pushing people to the mobile platform deliberately and getting people use to it. where there is less control over the experience. I'm so glad I switched to PopOS[1] Last year. [1]: https://www.scottrlarson.com/publications/publication-transition-windows-to-linux/ https://www.scottrlarson.com/publications/publication-transi...
- danaris 3y agoThat seems to me to be begging the question. I see no evidence that the desktop will "die out". It may change form, and it may be used by a smaller percentage of the computing public, but the idea that we're going to see a time without significant usage of desktop (or laptop) computers within the foreseeable future just seems laughable to me. It smacks, to me, of the idea that the only thing worth being in the market is the very top: the company selling the biggest product, making the most money—otherwise you might as well not even bother. This is toxic thinking.
- Maken 3y agoI do agree that "desktop" computing is not going away any time soon. But there is no point denying that PC market is shrinking and the average user is migrating towards smartphones and tablets. There is no more space to grow here and is no longer MS's priority like in the 90s. I mean, they tried to actively kill desktop PC with Windows 8.