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New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
(arstechnica.com)
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Most of the world runs windows or Mac for everyday things. They’re deeply inside of ecosystems of programs that aren’t available on Linux or don’t work as well. Individuals moving to Linux won’t do anything. The only way for it to gain traction is is large companies not only declared their switch, but also request and/or develop the same proprietary bullshit like photoshop on Linux. There are some companies like Valve trying to promote Linux and FOSS but for their own profit driven agenda, bur even that’s fine because at least it’s something. I can’t see Adobe doing the same
Most users don’t care about Microsoft watching them jerk off as long as the computer works well enough to let them do it undisturbed
If I was Tim Apple, I would simply develop macOS and Linux to take away Microsoft market share then halt resources from Linux development to draw people to apple.
They have already done this. The LLVM toolchain (like the clang compiler) and zsh were implemented in MacOS to get around GNU and assorted copyleft programs.
I think it's more nuanced than that. It also has to do with the fact that free operating systems are not in the supply chain. In a capitalist system, nonfree software is prioritized because of its rent accumulating behaviour and control. Only a socialist system could address the inequality inherent to proprietary supply chains. In order for this socialist system to work it must not start from scratch. Individuals moving to free software and understanding their freedom should be considered a vital part of a socialist education. Educating and agitating for free software and free software communities is more important (imo) than open source photoshop.
No, state actors are also crucial. China getting rid of the NSA spyware that is Windows and MacOS on their government PCs is an important step. At a certain point, those clerical workers who spend thousands of hours per year on a Linux distro are going to continue using what they are familiar with when they get home. They're not going to waste their free time (re)learning how to use Windows or MacOS when they've already have thousands of hours of experience with Linux at work. With this boost in Linux users, Adobe and et al can either leave free money at the table by continuing to not support Linux and have that free money be snatched by Chinese developers or they can port their enterprise software to Linux. And with that, the last real roadblock towards wide desktop Linux adoption is lifted.