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Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 (lemmy.world)
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Sony believed that they had so much market share that they could make a console that was leaps and bounds more complicated to code for, which would lock devs in and prevent them from going elsewhere, and they’d just have to suck it up because of said market share. Sony was wrong, and they lost out big time that generation (although they did manage to win the Blu-ray vs hd-dvd format wars).

Microsoft seems to believe they have so much market share that they can force people to upgrade to a privacy invading, ai infested piece of crap, and that everyone needs to suck it up because market share.

I’ve already started hearing wind that people, in statistically significant numbers, are finding alternatives… so is this the same situation as the ps3?

Just a passing musing without much to back up the gut feelings.

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

I get it, but MacOS is UNIX which is arguably just as complex, and that shit is far from niche or obscure.

The main difference is that MacOS is unified in its construction and Linux is fractured by design. If Linux can put everything together in a seamless and unified way, even if it's not seamless under the hood, then we'll be a lot closer to big OEMs putting out systems with Linux pre-installed.

If OEM systems with Linux pre-installed start appearing on shelves next to Windows systems and Macs at best buy, then it's actually possible it would happen. But the Linux community needs to do what they can to build, test, and deliver, some kind of front end that gives the end user that polished experience, that for anything that a user wants to do, there's a knob to do that with which doesn't require dropping into a config file or to the command line.

I'm not going to delude myself or anyone else, while a lot of this is easy to say, the challenges are immense, and some organizations have been trying to accomplish this for many many years. Linux has come a lot way, but it's not quite where it needs to be yet, in order for it to happen.