Cyberwolf

Instead, crony capitalism, abuse of power, or something else is more appropriate

So, standard capitalism stuff?

That would be 1 in 4 users and that’s just not accurate at all.

What you mean to say is 25% of Windows users still use windows 7.

Its still an alarming statistic, and no wonder bruteforce cyberattacks are still so effective today considering it hasn’t received security updates in like 10 years.

I sincerely hope those people aren’t connecting their devices to the internet like, at all.

I’m fairly sure at this point even using a Debian based distro is better than sticking to windows 7.

I understand, but my point is that MacOS is more than serviceable as a work-focused operating system. It is more than capable to replace Windows as long as you’re willing to accept a different work flow.

If you’re already on Linux then great, stay there. But the average consumer wants something easier to use, and MacOS is easy. More importantly, it doesn’t treat you like garbage like Windows does.

Speaking of, this video came to mind.

I disagree that Linux isn’t an alternative but even if it wasn’t, MacOS is.

Seems like Microsoft doesn’t mind having their userbase reduce another 20% and giving it to their main competitor.

Maybe this time they’ll change their ways.

Wouldn’t know. Left Windows behind and now it’s someone else’s problem.

What community? Getting whipped along with your work colleagues? I swear these studies are totally sponsored by some business interests.

Nah, i just know a bot when I see one.

Okay Bot.

I have a different theory. Google started scrapping Reddit since its gone public, so I think this is a strategy to get people to use [search query] + reddit in order to find answers, so that Google can scrape that data to train their AI

No, it’s Google changing their algorithm to feed you AI slop.

The first page and a half of Google results now is just AI-generated comparison websites. That’s by design.

I love how on Lemmy Windows is not immediately assumed to be the default OS, lol.

Are we all Linux users?

Yep, lol. Same mindset here. Although I doubt YouTube will ever do a hard cut on piracy. That would lead to a major decline in viewership and wouldn’t look good to shareholders.

No! Don’t take the fall for what Windows forces you to do. Creating a billion GUI menus for users to get through before reaching what they really want to reach was Microsoft’s choice, not yours.

That’s the AI code at work there.

It means I trust China more than the US.

China hasn’t revealed itself to be Cthulhu, unlike the US or Russia. So for me yes, it’s China at every turn unless a local option exists.

Mac is actually nice to use though… My wife has one and it was my first exposure to them.

As a lifelong Windows user, I recall vividly asking myself “why am I not being abused by random pop ups and an overly complicated process to achieve basic things right now?” over and over while working on her machine.

Plus their graphical interface is a pleasure to work with once you get past some of its quirks. If I wasn’t already happily on Linux I would definitely move to Mac.