I mean, so are free-to-plays full of microtransactions and dark patterns.

Your wish is granted.

But you can only view the source code through an LLM

a finger on the monkey paw curls

There are plenty of IoT devices that can function exactly like analog devices. Like smart switches that still have an analog switch on them, but can also be driven by motion sensors or a button on your phone.

Since those exist, your statement of “100% of them being trash” is just plainly wrong.

Or in your logic: “Your opinion is invalid”

If the majority of Linux users had your mentality, we would have passed “the year of Linux” a decade ago.

Would you say Linux Mint is … refreshing?

A distro for Windows refugees isn’t an exact copy of Windows. They can stay on Windows for that.

It is the Linux flavour that is the easiest to use after working with Windows your entire life. It should have all the advantages a Linux system brings, but have the same type of logic how UI is organized as Windows, and offer the same advantages.

Like out-of the box drivers that work on every hardware. A setup with easy to understand questions that aren’t technical. A file system with similar structure. A GUI setting menu where the most used settings can be changed without opening a command window. …

The fuck you on about? Have you ever played Portal beyond the first rooms? You definitely need fast and precise aiming in Portal.

But why would you be replacing them when you can upgrade?

If the lifetime of the device is twice as long, you already made a profit.

Obviously the one making the survey.

But in any case the only ones you can blame for how a company is doing are the c-suite and shareholders.

You can’t blame any regular employee because it is the responsibility of the c-suite to fire the bad employees.

That isn’t going to help the average user though. They need hand holding.

Unless you don’t want mass adoption of Linux.

Because then all Linux users would be recommending the same distro instead of their personally favourite one.

Please explain then.

You can do most things on Windows through command line, yet almost nobody is recommending those for fixes.

If what you say is true, we would have the same issue on Windows as we have on Linux.

My explanation is that the average Linux user is overestimating the capabilities of the average user. They think they can handle commands, which they obviously can’t. Which causes Linux to look user-unfriendly, both as an OS and as a Community.

Why do you think nobody likes Windows? I think you have been living in the Linux bubble for too long.

Nobody recommends Windows because it is the bloody default. It is like recommending to live on Earth.

Why are you acting like there is only one MS website with answers?

The userbase of Windows is so big, there are so many different communities that you can join. At least one of them will be fine.

If you have 2 different fora for a Linux distro, it would be many.

And just because it happens to a couple of users, doesn’t mean it is true for the entire userbase.

It is a small feature used by a handful of users. It does not affect anyone else.

If this happened on Linux it wouldn’t get reported on. But because of the ginormous userbase of Windows, they do.

Not shopped, but that is a hardware issue and has nothing to do with Windows.

If you ran Linux on it, you would have the same issue. Just the screen wouldn’t be blue.

And yet when I use it things break.

That says more about you than it does Windows. So many users have never had any issue with their Windows computers.

With “everything works” they obviously mean almost everything works almost all of the time. It is an exaggeration. Nothing is perfect.

The privacy nightmare only matters if you care about privacy, which the average user doesn’t.

Copilot can be disabled or just ignored in every software it is enabled.

There are also plenty of valid reasons why people recommend Windows 11 over Linux, Apple, and especially Windows 10.

I know you Linux users get bombarded with “windows bad” posts claiming nothing works on Windows. But reality is quite different. The average user doesn’t care about the things a Linux user cares about. And Linux users also tend to overestimate the capabilities of the average user.

Like, there are so many people in developed nations who don’t even have an internet connection. They are also part of the average users.

Even if Windows became so shitty, people would rather move to MacOS than they would to Linux.

How dare you watch a movie that didn’t have the internet decency consensus!

Off to the deep web with you to sell your kidneys.