BrikoX

BrikoX, 2 months ago

This is just too funny not to post. I think one would really struggle to find a more incompetent person.

BrikoX, 2 months ago

If you want an activation key to apply to a Windows 10 device, you’ll pay $61 per device for Year 1.

And that Year 1 is significant. Microsoft noted: “The price will double every consecutive year for a maximum of three years. If you decide to jump into the program in Year Two, you’ll have to pay for Year One too, as ESUs are cumulative.”

$61 => $122 => $244

And it’s 100% profit per each device, since there is no ongoing work happening.

BrikoX, 2 months ago

Sure. Have they managed to create a dumb down GUI that my grandparents can understand? Because until then, barrier for entry is too high for regular people.

BrikoX, 2 months ago

Why would they only use a browser? They talk with friends over video chat, watch movies/TV shows and play games and do other casual stuff.

I haven’t seen any distro that manages the basic tasks without any issues that require technical troubleshooting. Really basic stuff, like turning on your computer and having no audio even though nothing changed or your internet not working. That is mere incontinence for you or me, but to non-technical people it’s a dealbreaker.

BrikoX, 2 months ago

Interestingly no. All the data Microsoft collects about OS usage, they seem to use to polish all these issues.

And I’m not saying people shouldn’t try Linux, there are millions of reasons it makes sense, but usability is the only metric that matters for normal users. They are happy to sell their information for convenience and “it just works” attitude. Apple whole existence is based on that mentality. And that is the weakest area of Linux. Partly due to the nature of open source, where people tend to fork and tailor the experience to themselves, and partly due to no usage statistics to base usability around.

BrikoX, 2 months ago

It’s a long process, but they have been working on it, see lemmy.zip/comment/8396458