You’re expecting that people will seek out alternatives. I expect the more likely reality. People will just stop using PCs completely outside of work.
It’s not a matter of how easy something is. It’s a matter of human perspective. Right now they think of PCs as being “Windows”. In much the same way some of our moms would say “I bought you a Nintendo game for your xbox!”
And instead of buying non-compliant software, she actually DID buy an XBox game. And called it Nintendo.
Same way down in the south you might overhear someone order a coke. To which the waitress asks “what kind?” And the reply is “Sprite”.
Kleenex/Tissues.
You get the idea. To them PCs are made by Windows and thats all they know. They just know they don’t like the AI they gwt forced to use at work. So instead of using it at home, or using an alternative, they figure they can just watch youtube on their phone.
YOU use a PC as a PC. Most other people use PCs as a browser to go to facebook, and youtube, and instagram. All the things that make you cringe, thats what a PC is to them.
So when you say “You can customize everything in linux!”, their response, from someone who used WindowsXP for 15 years and never once changed the wallpaper, will be “but why?”.
Hopefully that can help you see the difference between “it’s easy” and “it’s a thought that runs through their brain at all”
When it comes to whether people will switch I think sentiment is more towards diy PC gamers who are used to putting together and upgrading their systems and doing a fresh install.
When it comes to the general consumer i expect them to have the tech literacy of boomers when it comes to a PC.
Not all gamers can even do something as simple as installing Windows off a usb stick. The tech illiteracy of PC users can’t be overestimated. There’s PC users who buy high refesh rate monitors then use them at 60 hz. Anyone can buy a prebuilt.
you say that, but i’m telling you, every year linux getting more and more popular, if not stopped, will create a tipping point. It just takes a few more waves of youtube videos to get younger people into it, and young people grow into older people with strong opinions
It really is a perfect storm against Windows/Microsoft:
AI Sloppifying their everything
Linux is now very easy to get into
TL;DR: Short Microsoft or no balls
It really isn’t for most people though.
You’re expecting that people will seek out alternatives. I expect the more likely reality. People will just stop using PCs completely outside of work.
It’s not a matter of how easy something is. It’s a matter of human perspective. Right now they think of PCs as being “Windows”. In much the same way some of our moms would say “I bought you a Nintendo game for your xbox!”
And instead of buying non-compliant software, she actually DID buy an XBox game. And called it Nintendo.
Same way down in the south you might overhear someone order a coke. To which the waitress asks “what kind?” And the reply is “Sprite”.
Kleenex/Tissues.
You get the idea. To them PCs are made by Windows and thats all they know. They just know they don’t like the AI they gwt forced to use at work. So instead of using it at home, or using an alternative, they figure they can just watch youtube on their phone.
YOU use a PC as a PC. Most other people use PCs as a browser to go to facebook, and youtube, and instagram. All the things that make you cringe, thats what a PC is to them.
So when you say “You can customize everything in linux!”, their response, from someone who used WindowsXP for 15 years and never once changed the wallpaper, will be “but why?”.
Hopefully that can help you see the difference between “it’s easy” and “it’s a thought that runs through their brain at all”
When it comes to whether people will switch I think sentiment is more towards diy PC gamers who are used to putting together and upgrading their systems and doing a fresh install.
When it comes to the general consumer i expect them to have the tech literacy of boomers when it comes to a PC.
This is actually a really good point: Having your target audience be people who don’t care is really unstable
Others will do whatever gamers do because only PC builders can build PCs.
Not all gamers can even do something as simple as installing Windows off a usb stick. The tech illiteracy of PC users can’t be overestimated. There’s PC users who buy high refesh rate monitors then use them at 60 hz. Anyone can buy a prebuilt.
yep. attention is all you need with the manufactured consent of the free marketplace. behavioralist by design!
you say that, but i’m telling you, every year linux getting more and more popular, if not stopped, will create a tipping point. It just takes a few more waves of youtube videos to get younger people into it, and young people grow into older people with strong opinions