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How many people are actually going to switch, though? I’ve primarily used Linux for 25 years. Used to try to get people to switch. Microsoft would do something
by jzb 3y ago
How many people are actually going to switch, though?
I’ve primarily used Linux for 25 years. Used to try to get people to switch. Microsoft would do something user hostile and people would complain, and then just go back to using Windows. A percentage switched to Apple, but they’re just bad in different ways. (Google, too, if you’re thinking about Chromebooks.)
I’d love to believe “surely this” will be the thing, but I’m not optimistic. (Would love to be proven wrong!!)
- TheCapeGreek 3y agoI've seen this sort of consumer inertia with lots of things. People just generally don't care about the topics as deeply as you or I. My personal bugbear here is Pokemon, for example. I've got acquaintances that outright say "I'll buy the next game no matter what" when each generation has a myriad of issues and lazy development. My recommendation? Be polite, but firmly call them out. "You complain, but you'll never do anything about it.". Don't ask them to switch, just point out that they won't. The point of it is to get them to self-reflect on that assertion, and maybe from that point they might do something about it. Just being offered a solution won't do anything (see user elsewhere in this post who says they unfortunately have to use Windows for gaming but refuse to use Proton)
- tentacleuno 3y ago> see user elsewhere in this post who says they unfortunately have to use Windows for gaming but refuse to use Proton) To be fair, as good as Proton is, the API isn't fully compatible with Windows' (yet!) -- I can fully understand why someone would want to avoid the hassles of dealing with this.