• snownyte@kbin.social
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    2 months ago

    You’ve hit the nail on the head.

    Who’s opinion matters more to Microsoft? Businesses, Governments and Enterprises. If they lose that audience, they’re up shit’s creek.

    They don’t care if even 100,000 disgruntled Windows users collectively gripe about where Windows has gone in direction. Because Microsoft’s main concern is no longer appeasing the casual and power users. If you’re a business partner or a corporate body, you have their attention more.

    Microsoft just knows that a large majority of users will still be there, using their OSes regardless of how much of a dumping they all take. Whether it’s 11, 10, 7 or even WinXP, they’ve got a majority in their ecosystem. And those users are terrified of change.

    Hell, I used to have been that Windows user who was scared of change and intimidated by Linux. The issue is that, you just need to dip first, not dive head first all the way. Mac is just simply an extension of Linux. Android as mentioned is an extension of Linux. Windows is it’s own entity surrounded by different Linux versions and forms.