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[–] [email protected] 75 points 9 months ago (38 children)
[–] TwilightVulpine 28 points 9 months ago (1 children)

tbf I get it. Sometimes you just want to be mad.

But like, it's Microsoft's fault.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Or Adobe, Autodesk, Nvidia, etc.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (7 children)

"Hey I have a problem with my Samsung"

"Drop it and get an iPhone instead"

This is what you guys are like.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago (31 children)

When people tell you to use Linux, they're not telling you that to solve your immediate problem (e.g. your "show desktop" icon has been replaced with a different icon), but they are telling you to get out of your abusive relationship with Microsoft, because that is the real problem: Microsoft does not respect you, the end-user of their product, and this kind of abusive shit will keep happening for as long as you keep using Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

More like:

“Hey I have a problem with my Samsung”

"Here's a custom ROM you can install instead" (but also glosses over a lot of the finer decisions that go into whether or not to choose to run a custom ROM)

[–] Rustmilian 11 points 9 months ago (4 children)

iPhone is $999+, Linux is completely free.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

you don't have to pay for a +1000$ device to switch to Linux. In most cases, you can just install it in the same machine you have Windows.

It's more like replacing Samsung's Android ROM with a custom ROM. Sure, you'll have to learn new things to use it, but you don't have to buy an iPhone.

[–] Rustmilian 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'd argue that's still not a very good comparison, because for ROMs you have to go through the trouble of researching the specific method for your phone brand, model, & firmware version, learning adb, unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery, then from there you can install a custom ROM. Then if you fuck up you have to figure out how to debrick the device.
While Linux(user friendly distros specifically) is just burning an ISO to a USB, possibly changing 1 or 2 settings in the BIOS & booting from that USB, then just clicking through a graphical installer like calamares.
The barrier to entry is drastically smaller.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Nah, I switched to Linux last year and it cost me $0. No new hardware needed. So not a good metaphor.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 4 points 9 months ago

It does sometimes feel like a guy with face scars from an exploded Samsung reaching for another Samsung while saying "I hope they've made improvements"

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