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[–] [email protected] 154 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (26 children)

It's good that these tools exist, but it's so frustrating that it's a constant cat and mouse game of Microsoft trying to make their products as cumbersome and shit as possible and the community trying to salvage Windows to the best of their ability.

At what point do OEMs just say actually nah, I'm tired of you making our laptops frustrating to use?

At what point do they say fuck it I'm going the Valve route and moving away from a company that wants to undermine my products and my brand?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

At what point do OEMs just say actually nah, I’m tired of you making our laptops frustrating to use?

LTT put out an (surprisingly insightful) video about ChromeOS and how it's kind of secretly spreading Linux. I don't think its crazy to say that in 5-10 years ChromeOS or similar will be the default and Windows will be a premium add on or something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I doubt it. Google will squander it away one way or another. It could work on a technical level, I’ve been using flex since before Google bought it for family members, it’s just poorly advertised and explained.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

It's google, they'll just stop working on it.

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