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What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] E_coli42@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So the power user uses Linux.

The casual user uses ChromeOS (shitty Linux). Or preferably something like Pop_OS!, but I'm being unrealistic with this.

I see no problem here. You could replace pretty much everyone's pre-installed OS with ChromeOS or Linux (or macOS I guess if they like MacBooks) and I don't think most people would mind.

I have only ever seen someone use windows because they HAD to, not because they want to. Either they game, they use a software only on windows, it came pre-installed on their laptop and they don't know or can't bother to learn how to flash an ISO on a USB stick, etc.

I am completely fine with, and in fact am grateful for, the enshitification of windows 11. It will push more and more people to Linux. The enshitification of windows 8 is what made Steam shift from windows to SteamOS. I'm sure future enshitification will do just that: make people question why they are using windows in the first place.