I don’t know what to call it exactly, but there’s this attitude in tech-adjacent spaces that’s really starting to piss me off.
If you don’t already know, Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 in 2026. In simple terms, that means that if someone figures out how to worm their way into it, every computer still running windows 10 after that cut off is at risk.
However, considering Microsoft promised upon Windows 10’s release that it would be the last Windows, and just because it is a genuinely decent OS with very good support for software and games, while still maintaining a level of customization and control that Windows users tend to value, a lot of people are rightfully pissed about Windows 11 being shoved down our throats.
Among many, many things, Windows 11 is packed to the brim with AI slop, genuinely terrifying spyware, and just generally tries to stop users from actually making their PC their own. Hell, just recently, Microsoft began pushing an update that made it so that a new browser can’t make itself default with a single button, the user has to jump through hoops to change the setting themselves.
And a sentiment I see repeated a lot as a result of peoples righteous anger is the tried and true “just switch to Linux!”
And I just need ya’ll to understand that as good as Linux is, it is not the solution.
Like, I’m sorry, but your average windows user does not know the first thing about Linux. They don’t know how to install it, don’t even know what distro to use (or even what that means), don’t know alternative software for the programs they use, and expecting them to just understand based on a few online guides is ridiculous. Lots of games aren’t compatible with it, not to mention lots of popular software. Most PC users buy a PC, follow the setup, and call it a day. Expecting anything more advanced than that is just not fair.
I love Linux, and I can’t use it as my daily driver, as much as I’d like to. I simply have too many things that can’t run on it or a virtual environment to be able to give up Windows.
So like. idk, man, stop suggesting Linux when you can instead find ways to make Microsoft give their users what they actually need.
