Comment on "Linux? Those guys who like to talk about themselves?"
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoMicrosoft and Apple are steering the computing space in a very anti-consumer space. So for many people, it is more than just an OS, but an ethical statement.
The less people use Windows and MacOS, the less sway they have in the computing space.
MartianRecon@lemmus.org 1 week ago
So Linux is just computer hipsterism?
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Is it hipster to advocate for mega corpo to fuck off?
Not sure how you got this from my reply, but mega corpos influence our life for the worst. Trying to diminish their influence in our life isn’t hipsterism.
MartianRecon@lemmus.org 1 week ago
Sure they do, but an OS isn’t influencing your life compared to Meta or any of the media conglomerates.
Croquette@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It does though because a higher marketshare means more money for them. And if they have almost all the marketshare, they can influence the market easily (see Google and Web Manifest V3).
If people don’t use Windows for example, chances are they won’t buy Office365 and/or OneDrive.
And that doesn’t even broach how Microsoft tried to deploy Recall, which was taking a screenshot of what people were doing every few seconds, a major breach of privacy.
So they might not influence people as much as Meta for example, but it does influence them.