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> It feels like you don't really own this system but use it in some kind of public library. You don't, commercial OS manufacturers want you to see and treat yo
by heavyset_go 3y ago
> It feels like you don't really own this system but use it in some kind of public library.
You don't, commercial OS manufacturers want you to see and treat your computers as app consoles, similar to game consoles.
They successfully got you to view phones and tablets as app consoles, the rest of your computers are next.
> What also caught my eye so much is the amount of branding around – there are Spotify, TikTok, Amazon Prime, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger icons right in your menu bar before you ever need them or attempt to download and discover these apps for yourself
Microsoft desperately wants you to use their app store to run these apps on your app console instead of on the web or on their competitors' app consoles.
- yterdy 3y ago[Apple app dev smugness stops] People really jumped head-first into dystopia innit?
- Aerbil313 3y ago> They successfully got you to view phones and tablets as app consoles, the rest of your computers are next. Yes. Because it’s only logical. Go and watch what any person outside of tech circles do with their computer. Office, Chrome, Spotify, Steam, Minecraft. That’s it. Saying this as a hardcore Linux and FOSS user. Plenty HN folks cannot wrap their minds around that the world is in fact, changing once again from what they accustomed to.
- heavyset_go 3y ago> Go and watch what any person outside of tech circles do with their computer. Office, Chrome, Spotify, Steam, Minecraft. That’s it. This has always been the case. What's new is how OS manufacturers are forcing profitable and restrictive paradigms upon users that will allow them to capture ~30% of every software sale and online payment ever made on any phone, tablet or computer.