• madthumbs
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    -11 day ago

    Vendor lock in is a myth. Vendors stopped selling Linux pre-installed because it cost them more in returns and support. -Take a look at those prices on vendors that sell laptops with it. Linux users will also likely choose a different distro anyway.

    Older people tend to know better the evils of communism and don’t need to be developers to be against FOSS.

    • @pivot_root
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      1 day ago

      Vendor lock in is a myth.

      You’ve never worked in a company stuck using Oracle software or AWS, have you?

      Vendors stopped selling Linux pre-installed because it cost them more in returns and support.

      Hmm… consumers buying products inadequately explained to them and returning them because they can’t run the Windows-only software they’re expecting and already familiar with. Sounds a bit like lock-in, doesn’t it?

      Older people tend to know better the evils of communism and don’t need to be developers to be against FOSS.

      “FOSS = communism = bad” and
      “I’m older and therefore correct”

      Yeah, I’m not even going to dignify that asinine take by responding to it. Enjoy your proprietary software.