As an end user, I don't care about proprietary garbage, I want my mouse to work :). I understand the aversion to proprietary stuff etc. But non techie end users don't give a flying fuck.
Also, everyone has had an MS account since the msn messenger and Hotmail heydays. That is an absolute non issue for 99% of the people tbh.
But that's the entire point. The windows UI is still easy, especially for people that have always used windows. There have only been gradual changes. :)
And to slap in an anecdote, I am quite proficient with everything IT related. I try installing Linux once a year on average, in general I try to recommended "noob distros" . I always go back to windows after a few weeks at best. You really have to make an big effort to fully go to Linux. I end up spending more time dealing with the OS itself than doing the stuff I want.
I can absolutely see the appeal of it, but I don't enjoy it :)
Because Linux doesn't just work out of the box.
Somehow the Linux evangelists never understand that point.
All your peripherals, no matter how old, and all your (legacy) software just works on windows. Maybe the OS isn't blazing fast and there is more and more so called bloatware (at least according to FOSS people), but if I plug in my 10y old Logitech wireless mouse, it works in 10 sec. In Linux I'd have to start searching for a solution, a driver, a little hack, a script, a controller repository, etc... It will work eventually, but it's not intuitive. Doubly so for people that were raised on windows.
Linux is absolutely not user friendly for non techies that have 20y of windows habits in them.
Been saying this for years, the day Firefox gets native gestures, is the day I'll swap.
Can't live without them (and speeddial tbh)
Why would I use brave (with its weird fucked up crypto links) over Vivaldi? If you're using chromium anyway, I don't get the brave love.
I mean, it's almost Monday again, have to find a reason to get a long weekend no?
Haven't seen a queue in ages tbh. Weak argument, not to mention that it doesn't make any sense whatsoever
Pay 2 win? Where? Genuine question. Played it for 40h after launch, never once felt like paying money?
I'm a big John Scalzi fan. Whenever one of his books release, it's basically xmas for me. There have been a few less than stellar books, but overal they are very enjoyable.
I would buy your soap
Mainly using messenger... Can't get any of my friends (admittedly millennials) to move over to discord or even WhatsApp...
At least it beats using fucking Line, which is the dominant platform where I live. That app is pure cancer.
Sucks, but social life decides which platform you use.
Ever heard of a job? Some people need to work with a specific software suite as part of their job, regardless of their personal convictions :)
I have to use office and chrome on windows at work, I don't get any choice in the matter.