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Lol I think most self hosted media centres over a year old have more content that all those services combined

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I use 4get.ca

I wouldn’t call forced adoption an advantage. if anything they are taking away your freedom of choice by making it harder for you to switch, Because you have to remove the windows OS to switch. Why dont you get the option for linux at the store they are open source licensed so there is no issue distributing for free and giving people the option.

Lol right I saw a post about tiny11 iso I was like wtf thats way harder then just installing linux. Microsoft got people brainwashed

Yeah it is easier dude. with windows you have to install the new OS and then open edge and download Firefox then go download the program and check the boxes. With linux mint you install the OS. Idk sounds easier to me

At this point it would be easier to install a new user friendly linux distro…

OK going through the comments seems like something fishy is going on. lots of people willing to take it over and no answer to why it has to be shut down

The problem is linux is palatable there are many distros that are prebuilt to run like a Mac or windows they just have no way of marketing like Microsoft or apple.

that is because of the Open source licences. If they were able to sell their product do you think linux would be as far behind as it is today?

If those thousands of companies that use linux every single day had to pay a sub fee instead of measily (tax writeoff)donations do you think think XZ would have been hacked? If they could compete in the capitalist race would they be this far behind? IMO no and the open source license is a blessing and a curse

I agree both windows and Mac were once great viable OSes now they are just an advertising machine with apps

linux distros have been held back not by those companies specifically but with how licensing works its really fucked any sort of fulltime development

a company telling me that my perfectly working hardware is not viable for their new OS and not giving me an option with security updates is a boogieman IMO

IMO that’s not what is holding back Linux from adoption. there are great forums with great people and they happen to be in the distros for beginners. You can use your argument with any small enthusiasts groups and that was my point toxicness is not caused by Linux. I personally believe its windows and Mac forcing themselves on people. Have you ever been to a store to buy a computer and someone said hey would you like to try this free OS that installs and acts just like windows instead of buying windows for 100 bucks? Lol its just marketing.

This isn’t a Linux problem this is a society problem people just want to one up everyone In anyway they can and sometimes I dont think we do it consciencely