Gork comments on In your opinion, which FOSS software is by many considered "old" or "obsolete", but are in fact, in your opinion, in many ways better than the newer alternatives?

[–] Gork@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (5 children)

There might be some traction if those laptops and desktops were a little cheaper than those preloaded with Windows.

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[–] Nyanix@beehaw.org 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

One issue is that Microsoft makes so much on data collection, that they actually pay manufacturers to put Windows on there, it's one of the methods used to try to keep stock computer prices low. While this is scummy and anticompetitive, it helps the consumer and gives me a chuckle that installing Windows inherently decreased the worth of a computer.

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[–] privsecfoss@feddit.dk [S] 2 points 3 years ago*

Yeah, they could have taken the high road compared to Google and Amazon, but instead were like: Hold my beer. And don't get me started on smartphones, "smart" TV's and cars... Wonderfull times we're living in!

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[–] alongwaysgone@beehaw.org 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

True. The problem with that, is that Microsoft pays to have windows installed. Such that it's actually cheaper to buy a system with windows and delete it than to buy one with Linux preinstalled.

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[–] Arnaldur@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago

Don't forget the bloatware vendors that pay to be preinstalled.

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[–] Gork@beehaw.org 1 point 3 years ago

Ah that's probably how they're able to squeeze Linux out of the market by having it OEM installed at cost.

Not that there are a lot of ordinary people who know what Linux is, much less desire to actively use it if it comes preinstalled on their machine.

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