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Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago (23 children)

A lot of us could just stop using that garbage OS.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (22 children)

Problem is there's too much professional software that simply won't run on Linux, things you spend all day in and even if you can get it to run in a sandbox the experience sucks (because it's too resource intensive, otherwise it would get all SaaSy and force you into the cloud), like CAD software, 3D modeling tools, editing...

Monopolistic behavior is monopolistic behavior. MSFT needs a beatdown.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

99% of people don't need this kind of software.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

99%? Based on what data?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I made it up.

But realistically, how many people use something other than MS Office, Outlook and a browser?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Most.

(Also a made up statistic)

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