• MossBear@lemmy.world
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    For people who roll their eyes when someone mentions Linux and all of the free and open source projects adjacent to it (including Firefox!), this is exactly why many people value those things. We actually can have freedom in computing and it’s worth pushing for. We don’t have to roll over simply accept what Google, Microsoft and Apple want.

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      1 year ago

      But there are a few specific hardware configurations and specialized jobs that Linux doesn’t work for, therefore nobody should use it!

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        Why not be happy both OS options exist? Both have a place and a use and in various ways an ease of use

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            Linux with 100% market share can’t monopolize the entire market because it doesn’t have a centralized distro

            You see similar to Google with Redhat/Canonical. If everyone was with them then it would be a problem

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              Linux with 100% marketshare means nothing.

              GPL is designed to protect developer rights, not user rights.

              If google packaged your linux distro and sold it through the play store bundled with their own apps and sandboxed everything and called it chromeOS, your rights would not be any better protected.

              Security and privacy involves users making informed choices to protect themselves, full stop.

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      Any of thousands of people can say this but i don’t see it in the comments below so: I’ve been using a Linux Mint / Windows dual boot system for over 10 years and love it. I think a lot of people see Linux as highly technical, but versions like Mint and Ubuntu are more carefree than Windows nowadays.

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        I’m aware, but ultimately they’re still an ad company that uses technology to sell more ads. Any minor aspects of altruism (if it can be called that) can’t wash that away.