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But I could also use just Google Apps on a Windows or Apple machine. Because I use Windows I don't have to buy Windows apps. Your argument seems to be that "it

But I could also use just Google Apps on a Windows or Apple machine. Because I use Windows I don't have to buy Windows apps. Your argument seems to be that "it is better as it doesn't allow me to buy OS-specific apps so I can't get tied in"? I might be misunderstanding.

AnthonyMouse 14y ago
>Your argument seems to be that "it is better as it doesn't allow me to buy OS-specific apps so I can't get tied in"? No, that's pretty much it. The problem with Windows is that when the typical user goes to install a piece of software, there is nothing there to make them think "this will cause me great consternation if I ever want to switch operating systems" -- so they don't think that, and they install it, and soon they're thoroughly locked in before they even realize it. Or to extract out the general principle: It would be best for user freedom if all operating systems used standardized cross-platform APIs and all applications ran on all operating systems.