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You literally have to reinstall windows because of how broken it got, and that's somehow okay? The amount of BSOD I've seen and unfixable issues after spending

You literally have to reinstall windows because of how broken it got, and that's somehow okay? The amount of BSOD I've seen and unfixable issues after spending hours googling and browsing windows shitty support sites are just the tip of the iceberg. Windows is utter trash and the only reason it won is because of the monopoly it established, forcing everyone to use it, hardware manufacturers to support it and once the dominance was established, you can't escape it. MacOS is literally only used with hardware lock-in. People don't choose it. It's forced onto whoever chooses to overpay for an Apple computer. The only reason Linux won't win the desktop is because it doesn't have a monopoly to support it. These discussions that pretend any of this is due to merits of one OS over the other are moot. It doesn't matter at all when it comes to who or how many people use it. These are all determined by external factors.

itvision 2y ago
> You literally have to reinstall windows because of how broken it got, and that's somehow okay? Last time I did it was in the Windows XP SP0 days. > The amount of BSOD I've seen and unfixable issues after spending hours googling and browsing windows shitty support sites are just the tip of the iceberg. When was the last time you got BSOD? I've not seen them after Vista. > The only reason Linux won't win the desktop is because it doesn't have a monopoly to support it. "Win"? Start with software compatibility. There's no one Linux, there's a billion of incompatible distros that make it impossible to run old software. > These discussions that pretend any of this is due to merits of one OS over the other are moot. API and ABI compatibility are swear words to you, I get it. I'm sorry if you don't care about those, the world will shrug you off. No other OS has this madness. > by external factors. Yeah, for Linux fans it's always someone or something else. The fact that Linux is a bug-ridden mess of software with no compatibility and no stability isn't an issue of course. It's because Microsoft/Oracle/NVIDIA actively interfere with Linux. Or aliens? Must be aliens.
- Draiken 2y ago
  Wow, I guess some people are such die hard fans that they try to mention "aliens" instead of giving a semblance of an argument. Keep your ad ridden Windows mate, you clearly deserve it. Not worth my time to answer this low level of a reply.
  - itvision 2y ago
    Rabid fanboyism is solely on you, mate. I've been running Linux exclusively since RedHat 5.0 (no, that's not RHEL, that's more than a decade earlier). This entire article is 1000% true. Every word of it. You can "opine" and "disagree" with it as much as you want. It's become too damn popular in the western world lately to opine about anything. Feel free to opine about gravity, just don't fall off the top of a 10-storey building. BTW this is why the entire world is running "ad-ridden"/"privacy-invading" Windows. People run it because 1. Windows doesn't get in the way and allows them to run their software. 2. Windows is rock stable and doesn't break randomly after every upgrade (sans occasional conflicts with third-party software here and there affecting ~0.05% of people). 3. Windows is simple. Linux has no implied compatibility, it's full of regressions, it's complicated as hell and it still has poor HW support. Yes.
    - Draiken 2y ago
      People run Windows because it comes installed in their machines. > Windows is rock stable and doesn't break randomly after every upgrade (sans occasional conflicts with third-party software here and there affecting ~0.05% of people). What? I've lost count of the amount of times that I've had to restore botched Windows updates. It has gotten better lately, but it still happened more times than I've had to deal with update issues on my Linux installation. And I run my Linux near the bleeding edge where, in theory, everything should break all the time, right? Well, it doesn't. My point stands. People don't choose their OS. It's chosen by the hardware manufacturer, their employers or their requirements. I'm gonna repeat this because it's extremely important: people don't spend a single second choosing their OS. If you want to game, you have to use Windows (yes I know about Proton and love it, but mainstream online games require Windows). If you want to use your computer for work, you need Office. Even with Google Docs, people in my country simply default to the Office suite. Again, not because they choose it, but because it was already chosen for them by the monopoly that is already in place. Aside from Office, you have all of the other specialized tools like the Adobe suite and many others that force you to use Windows again. Windows doesn't have anyone competing with them. Their monopoly guarantees they can get away with anything. It's not a competition. Windows 11 is a great example of this. Nobody asked for it. It's garbage with more ads in it. It wasn't built to improve the system for users, it was built to sell ads and force people to buy new computers. Being the only option allows them to do all of this. Windows simply doesn't need to add, change or remove features because of competitors since there aren't any.

itvision 2y ago

> You literally have to reinstall windows because of how broken it got, and that's somehow okay? Last time I did it was in the Windows XP SP0 days. > The amount of BSOD I've seen and unfixable issues after spending hours googling and browsing windows shitty support sites are just the tip of the iceberg. When was the last time you got BSOD? I've not seen them after Vista. > The only reason Linux won't win the desktop is because it doesn't have a monopoly to support it. "Win"? Start with software compatibility. There's no one Linux, there's a billion of incompatible distros that make it impossible to run old software. > These discussions that pretend any of this is due to merits of one OS over the other are moot. API and ABI compatibility are swear words to you, I get it. I'm sorry if you don't care about those, the world will shrug you off. No other OS has this madness. > by external factors. Yeah, for Linux fans it's always someone or something else. The fact that Linux is a bug-ridden mess of software with no compatibility and no stability isn't an issue of course. It's because Microsoft/Oracle/NVIDIA actively interfere with Linux. Or aliens? Must be aliens.

Draiken 2y ago
Wow, I guess some people are such die hard fans that they try to mention "aliens" instead of giving a semblance of an argument. Keep your ad ridden Windows mate, you clearly deserve it. Not worth my time to answer this low level of a reply.
- itvision 2y ago
  Rabid fanboyism is solely on you, mate. I've been running Linux exclusively since RedHat 5.0 (no, that's not RHEL, that's more than a decade earlier). This entire article is 1000% true. Every word of it. You can "opine" and "disagree" with it as much as you want. It's become too damn popular in the western world lately to opine about anything. Feel free to opine about gravity, just don't fall off the top of a 10-storey building. BTW this is why the entire world is running "ad-ridden"/"privacy-invading" Windows. People run it because 1. Windows doesn't get in the way and allows them to run their software. 2. Windows is rock stable and doesn't break randomly after every upgrade (sans occasional conflicts with third-party software here and there affecting ~0.05% of people). 3. Windows is simple. Linux has no implied compatibility, it's full of regressions, it's complicated as hell and it still has poor HW support. Yes.
  - Draiken 2y ago
    People run Windows because it comes installed in their machines. > Windows is rock stable and doesn't break randomly after every upgrade (sans occasional conflicts with third-party software here and there affecting ~0.05% of people). What? I've lost count of the amount of times that I've had to restore botched Windows updates. It has gotten better lately, but it still happened more times than I've had to deal with update issues on my Linux installation. And I run my Linux near the bleeding edge where, in theory, everything should break all the time, right? Well, it doesn't. My point stands. People don't choose their OS. It's chosen by the hardware manufacturer, their employers or their requirements. I'm gonna repeat this because it's extremely important: people don't spend a single second choosing their OS. If you want to game, you have to use Windows (yes I know about Proton and love it, but mainstream online games require Windows). If you want to use your computer for work, you need Office. Even with Google Docs, people in my country simply default to the Office suite. Again, not because they choose it, but because it was already chosen for them by the monopoly that is already in place. Aside from Office, you have all of the other specialized tools like the Adobe suite and many others that force you to use Windows again. Windows doesn't have anyone competing with them. Their monopoly guarantees they can get away with anything. It's not a competition. Windows 11 is a great example of this. Nobody asked for it. It's garbage with more ads in it. It wasn't built to improve the system for users, it was built to sell ads and force people to buy new computers. Being the only option allows them to do all of this. Windows simply doesn't need to add, change or remove features because of competitors since there aren't any.