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Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux (corn.codeberg.page)
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My intention linking this is not to provoke someone or hurt feelings, moreover to show what we as community or maintainer need to fix.

Regardless how you see it, there is some truth in it, even if I personally disagree with most mentioned points ignoring that Android already runs on 1 Billion devices which is basically Linux...

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[–] ChinaNumberOne@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Ideology over functionality

imagine actually thinking this is a bad thing, i'd take ideology over functionality anytime possible

[–] milo128@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

if you'd read it you'd see the author has no problem with people who choose ideology over functionality, only people that try to force others to.

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