[mixmastamyk]

Switching costs a thousand plus dollars, or you can install this on your existing machine.

[jama211]

If it were only about money, Linux would’ve taken over 20 years ago.

[mixmastamyk]

Good thing then no one implied it was only about money. But yes, saving a grand or two is very important to the vast majority of people.

[jama211]

My point is people will either stay on windows or switch to Mac. Switching to Linux will be rare for users whether they have money or not.

[jama211]

Until they get their act together, if ever, of course. Much of Linux looks and functions literally identical to how it did 20 years ago.

[mixmastamyk]

And that’s a great thing in general. Innovations like forced online accounts, spying, and hidden UI I want no part of.

[jama211]

I think it’s pretty bad faith of you to assume that what I meant by “the user experience hasn’t changed” is “doesn’t have horrible windows style malware in it”.