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by ezst 10 days ago
That may sound obvious to you, but it's not for many, and this opinion of yours is shared by fewer and fewer people.
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flaunf221 10 days ago
Some things not having viable alternatives on MacOS/Linux/BSD/whatever-else is not an opinion of mine. It's just life.
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account42 9 days ago
More often than not it is just an opinion or to be more precise: learned helplessness.
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ezst 10 days ago
I didn't mean that you were nonfactual, only that you overgeneralise.
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tosti 10 days ago
It should be a choice. They were or nearly were convicted for being a monopoly. For most users, they're not even aware there's a hardware/software distiction.

MS-Windows GUI has cashed on this unawareness since 95. "My Computer", "The computer needs to restart"... Being deliberately incorrect to add to the existing confusion.

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