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Andrew Gomez realandrewgomez@nostrplebs.com 4 months ago
Agreed in principle. This could also apply to Linux OSes, from the POV of Windows users. It's probably why everyone is still awaiting (and maybe will forever be awaiting) The Year Of The Linux Desktop. UX matters, maybe more than anything else. Most people don't want to be empowered, sadly. They just want to do what they want to do without jumping through needless hoops or relearning everything from zero all over again. Can't really say I blame them, life in 2025 isn't exactly easy. Meanwhile, Google took the Linux kernel, made it idiot-proof and captured most of the mobile device market with Android, and gouged out a larger market share for Desktop than any single Linux distro with Chrome OS. What, If anything, Can We all learn from Google? 🤔
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JackTheMimic 4 months ago
The strange chicken and egg problem there is that- How do users know what they want to do with their computer unless they know what it can do? Centralized platforms like Google, and Microsoft tell the user what they can do with their products. Linux distros allow the user to do anything they want but if the solution isn't prebuilt, the user has to build it. This is literally the premise of the rules of the Matrix. You CAN do whatever you want. But if you ask the system what you can do, it will tell you a very limited featureset.
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