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Users are also happy with clunkiness if it gives them other things they value. Ask any Windows user. Also, video game modding. My general experience is that cl
by petterroea 10mo ago
Users are also happy with clunkiness if it gives them other things they value. Ask any Windows user. Also, video game modding.
My general experience is that clunky software is what made people tech literate, and now that everything has safety barriers and protects the user from everything tech literacy has fallen.
- cons0le 10mo agoWindows is also just convenience. Most use it because it comes with the computer
- moebrowne 10mo agoOr because don't know (or care) that they have a choice. Same with browsers. Most users will click the 'internet button' to get online
- dmix 10mo agoThe main reason is the better alternative costs twice as much.
- voakbasda 10mo agoWow. I didn’t know Linux cost that much! /s
- bluGill 10mo agoCost isn't only money. In the case of linux it is time to learn to use it (which is a sunk cost on windows: already paid it). Then you need to download and install it - again windows comes by default so a sunk cost.
- ErroneousBosh 10mo ago> In the case of linux it is time to learn to use it How much time do you need to take to learn "click on the swirly orange thing for Internet"? It looks just the same as it does in every other OS. > (which is a sunk cost on windows: already paid it) This is actually something I'm coping with at the moment, because I have to learn how to use Windows and it's the most backwards thing ever to use.
- bluGill 10mo agoIf somebody else admins your system. However if not there is a lot to learn. At least every distribution I've used needs manual updates from time to time. (though admittedly most people would replace the computer before I've seen anything hard happen)
- ErroneousBosh 10mo agoWhy would it need someone else to "admin" it? Who currently "admins" your Windows system?
- Timwi 10mo agoWindows user here. It goes vastly further than that. I've been using Windows since version 3.0. I'm used to it to the point where it's second nature. Linux is foreign and difficult to comprehend, not least because it explicitly avoids being anything like Windows or accommodating habits people acquired from Windows. I don't like the direction Windows is going any more than anyone, and I'm avoiding Windows 11 for the time being, but as long as Linux people continue to believe that the only reason Windows users don't switch is because they don't know Linux exists, Linux will not be able to attract Windows users even as Windows goes full capitalist enshittification.
- ErroneousBosh 10mo agoYou know the Firefox icon in Windows? It's the exact same in Linux. Click on it, get Internet. You do everything in a browser anyway.
- Timwi 10mo agoI don't remember the last time I've clicked on a Firefox icon. I've pinned it to the taskbar and I press Win+1 to use it, which is 100 times faster. I've been doing that for >10 years now.
- mdotmertens 10mo agoThis is acceptable. We now understand that privacy-focused solutions are not appropriate for individuals with average technological literacy, and we cannot depend on companies to self-regulate. At present, the emphasis is on the potential of large language models (LLMs) and the related ethical considerations. However, I would prefer to address the necessity for governments or commissions to assume responsibility for their citizens concerning "social" media, as this presents a significantly greater risk than any emerging technology.
- TulliusCicero 10mo ago> Users are also happy with clunkiness if it gives them other things they value. Ask any Windows user. In that case, the alternatives are also clunky. I use Windows, MacOS and Linux regularly, and all of them got serious UX problems.