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1725 points taubek | 1 comments | 27 Mar 23 05:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source

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oliwarner ◴[27 Mar 23 07:25 UTC] No.35323842[source]▶

I left Windows in a hail of Vista bugs, over a decade ago. I've seen it get worse and worse in that time, both in UX rot and anti-consumer "features".

I'm almost impressed with what people willingly put up with.

Not here to eulogize over what I moved to, but I think it's important people consider why they're still using Windows. It's not your friend.

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zokier ◴[27 Mar 23 08:00 UTC] No.35324084[source]▶

>>35323842 #

None of the operating systems are your friends. They are all very imperfect tools with different problems and tradeoffs. In many cases the devil you know can still be reasonable choice

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1. cies ◴[27 Mar 23 08:50 UTC] No.35324385[source]▶

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If you consider OSs potential friends, you may like the movie "Her".

OSs are offers organizations, some may be friendlier than others. MS has shown not to care for your privacy the least bit. Apple at least tries to uphold the facade of respecting your privacy: so they probably will go to greater lengths.

Linux (+ desktop packages) otoh are closest to what I consider a does-not-skrew-me-over OS-friend. Al east they do not have a public history of sneaky deals with 3-letter agencies and/or a business model that involves me being the product.

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