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