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[-] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago

awesome!

I'm curious as to how much profit is lost by M$ or Apple for each basis point of the market that switches to Linux.

[-] cRazi_man@europe.pub 9 points 2 months ago

These are private computers for gaming with Steam installed. This will literally be less than pocket change to them. They likely lose more from pirated Windows and secondhand purchasers of Apple products.

The amount of money tech giants lose will not be affected for a long time. The main achievement for Linux right now would be to get a foothold, to make it known to the public, to normalise its use. The big change will come when organisations start moving to Linux (which you would think would be a priority considering the fact that it is free and more secure).

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 2 months ago

which you would think would be a priority considering the fact that it is free and more secure

And regularly used across their back end already.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Probably needs more corporate spyware which Linux users aren't likely to tolerate.

[-] Cybersteel@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They make more on cloud servers than as operating systems nowadays.

[-] Burninator05@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I've read the same thing but I'll bet a dollar that no one using Linux is paying for any Microsoft cloud services.

[-] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Some people use Linux but don’t mind about Microsoft

Ex: a lot of people in computer science

I noticed a lot of students use Linux for their studies because in CS we pretty much only use Linux, but they run Windows at home or they solely run Linux for studying so they don’t care about the rest

They would’ve stayed with Windows if it provided the same features and full compatibility

[-] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Till that number starts hitting like 15% because these are just private users. These big companies aren't even going to be able to notice the shift.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

Apple probably isn't seeing it as a factor. Anyone switching from MacOS to Linux on Apple hardware has purchased Apple hardware and will likely continue doing so because they're the kind of people who buy Apple products and you can't change that about a person.

Of those Windows users switching to Linux, how many of them have decided to stop using a Windows license they've had for years? Instead of upgrading to 11 for free, they're switching to Linux? Or, how many of them are rocking the Activate Windows watermark? There's probably a pittance or two lost in ad revenue, but Microsoft almost isn't a B2C company anymore.

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