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by indymike 625 days ago
This assumes those people have a credible alternative, which in most cases they do not.
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25 years ago (or even 15 years ago), I would have probably agreed. But I don't think that's true anymore; to my understanding, students in public schools are equally as likely to use Chromebooks as they are to use Windows or Mac machines.
Yes, and that decision is not made by the user.
Yes, the point was that the "you don't have a choice but to use Windows" market is smaller than ever, meaning that the slice of the pie that's "I want to use Windows or don't care what I use" is larger.