cm0002@digipres.cafe to Linux@programming.dev · 9 hours agoFrustrated Windows users are switching to Linux because of Microsoft’s Windows 11 shenaniganswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkFrustrated Windows users are switching to Linux because of Microsoft’s Windows 11 shenaniganswww.theverge.comcm0002@digipres.cafe to Linux@programming.dev · 9 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoNot to mention outright sabotage when you’re not in their ecosystem. Use Linux? Your browser default user agent says you’re on Linux? Word 365 will now randomly stop saving which just quietly deleted some of the text you wrote previously I can write up a whole list of more sabotage, but just read this as a much, much bigger example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO–Linux_disputes Microsoft execs should have been jailed but in the US it’s all fine as long as you’re rich.
minus-squareTyphoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 hours agoI hadn’t heard about that. I stopped using all MS products when I switched to Linux so I haven’t had that problem. It doesn’t surprise me though.
Not to mention outright sabotage when you’re not in their ecosystem.
Use Linux? Your browser default user agent says you’re on Linux? Word 365 will now randomly stop saving which just quietly deleted some of the text you wrote previously
I can write up a whole list of more sabotage, but just read this as a much, much bigger example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO–Linux_disputes
Microsoft execs should have been jailed but in the US it’s all fine as long as you’re rich.
I hadn’t heard about that. I stopped using all MS products when I switched to Linux so I haven’t had that problem. It doesn’t surprise me though.