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Petition Calls on Microsoft to Extend Windows 10 Support | PCMag (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 1 year ago by OldQWERTYbastard to c/technology
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I'm all for it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well, someone could develop a new OS or a mainstream-friendly fork of Plan 9. The problem is literally over-reliance on privately-owned, proprietary software during an era where enshitification is the norm. GNU/Linux is the most mainstream-friendly OS that is not* proprietary.

*Some bits that are regularly used are obviously proprietary. See: RHEL