It's more that windows constantly has all of these little things that build up to something big. For some it's just the straw that broke the camel's back.
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My computer parts were like 8+ years old when I replaced them. And I can afford to do so, not everyone can.
God, you have no idea how right you are.
Also a 50/50 chance everyone involved also plays ttrpgs
Someone being a vegan doesn't exactly put other people at risk.
Where does other peoples' freedom start? Do you also have the freedom to burn toxic materials in your backyard, where your neighbours can inhale the smoke? Because proper disposal of toxic waste is much more similar to getting vaccinated than your metaphor.
Windows 11, while you can work around it, specifically requests tpm, which definitively is not from 1999..
Also, windows has its own endless list of driver issues, hardware does not always "just work" on windows, on the other hand, it also often "just works" on linux. It depends, of course, but I never had to install a sketchy driver for my PS3 controller on linux (it's in the kernel), but I had to on windows. Not to mention printers.
A bunch of software is also only or primarily for Linux, though that depends of course on your field and what you need. I've seen plenty of software that I needed that did not have a proper (or as good) windows alternative.
This is standard practice in anti-cheat methodology, and is generally agreed upon to result in much more positive long-term outcomes.
But consider that windows is a paid product, and its competition, linux, is both free and with much much longer support for old hardware, not to mention never having "sequels" in this way. I feel like windows doesn't have much excuse compared to this.
I feel like this isn't surprising knowing about all the other stuff altman has done. Seems like yet another loss for the greater good in the name of profit.
It's so weird for titles to finally not be this immutable thing anymore coming from reddit. No more is it "whoops, I fucked up, guess this is it for all eternity now". It's very nice and needed.
But would that hold up in court?
Yeah, sure, just stop buying electricity I guess.
It's always "just ignore it, words can't hurt you" until people listen to those words and vote/take action.
No, words matter very much, actually. In fact, I would say words, and language, is the very basis of our civilization. Without language, there would have been nothing.