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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

obligatory 🐧

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Anyone still defending Microsoft at this point has cognitive dissonance and deserves what they get. Seriously people - just use Linux. And for the 1% of you that can’t get that 1% of your programs working in Linux - just dual boot.

It’s like people forgot how to use computers.

[–] macgyver@federation.red 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is on anticheat software at this point. “1%” of us can’t play many of our favorite games without dual boot and there are nitpicks with that that suck ass too. VFIO only brings you so far.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Most people who are fed up with Microsofts crap simply don't buy a new computer anymore. They just do everything on an iPad (maybe pro) or similar without Windows. Gamers switch over to consoles, with Nintendo and Steam deck being preferred. Those things may run Linux like the Steam deck or another non Windows OS, but the user won't notice or care since they don't interact with it.

The time of the desktop and to a lesser extent the laptop has come and gone. It's only for enthusiasts and people at work. At work people probably just use the same couple of apps or even just a browser with a webapp and never really interact with the OS. If it's even a full computer and not a thin client connecting to a virtual desktop environment. People don't know or care about OSes. Maybe they'll bitch about Windows at times, but they bitch about a lot of things at work and they have no influence over any of it.

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Microsoft:

https://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/give_the_finger_matrix.gif

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Knowing Windows users they probably just complained about it and pay Microdicksoft anyway

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