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I'm glad that it's shining a light on the reality of Windows 11 as a subscription and data collecting vehicle. If you still hate Windows least, that's almost c

by causal 2y ago

I'm glad that it's shining a light on the reality of Windows 11 as a subscription and data collecting vehicle. If you still hate Windows least, that's almost certainly because it's what you know best. I work with Windows, Linux, and OSX on a daily basis and Windows is easily the most user-hostile of the three. Edit: All you know -> What you know best

pixelpoet 2y ago
I've used them all, Mac OS most begrudgingly as needed for cross platform building and testing/support, Linux is alright (and obviously more powerful than Windows) but... just because I have programmer-level troubleshooting skills and computer knowledge, doesn't mean I want / have the energy to use the full force of that all the time for every random thing that could be solved with a simple dialog box and/or sane default. (I understand that opensource OSes don't have paid devs responsible for all this, but it is what is when I download it and try it out.) It's true that I'm most familiar with Windows; given free choice, why would someone use an OS they dislike more? I personally think Mac OS is more user-hostile (it's a whole lifestyle and worldview they really want to sell you!) but it's comparable. What I actually want isn't Linux or Mac OS, but a Windows-like OS that isn't so goddamn user hostile and doing stupid shit like always-listening Cortana or this Recall feature or whatever they feel trumps what the user actually wants. If there were a "Windows but actually a user-first product and not a data collection vehicle" I bet it would utterly crush in the marketplace (inasmuch as there is a viable market for OSes).
- causal 2y ago
  Apple really likes to limit hardware interoperability because hardware is where they make their $, but there's a lot more overlap in software compatibility between OSX and Linux than Windows and anything else. Just having the familiar terminal environment alone is worth a lot to me.

by causal 2y ago

pixelpoet 2y ago

I've used them all, Mac OS most begrudgingly as needed for cross platform building and testing/support, Linux is alright (and obviously more powerful than Windows) but... just because I have programmer-level troubleshooting skills and computer knowledge, doesn't mean I want / have the energy to use the full force of that all the time for every random thing that could be solved with a simple dialog box and/or sane default. (I understand that opensource OSes don't have paid devs responsible for all this, but it is what is when I download it and try it out.) It's true that I'm most familiar with Windows; given free choice, why would someone use an OS they dislike more? I personally think Mac OS is more user-hostile (it's a whole lifestyle and worldview they really want to sell you!) but it's comparable. What I actually want isn't Linux or Mac OS, but a Windows-like OS that isn't so goddamn user hostile and doing stupid shit like always-listening Cortana or this Recall feature or whatever they feel trumps what the user actually wants. If there were a "Windows but actually a user-first product and not a data collection vehicle" I bet it would utterly crush in the marketplace (inasmuch as there is a viable market for OSes).

causal 2y ago
Apple really likes to limit hardware interoperability because hardware is where they make their $, but there's a lot more overlap in software compatibility between OSX and Linux than Windows and anything else. Just having the familiar terminal environment alone is worth a lot to me.