Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That’s astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can’t these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?

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    19 hours ago

    My claim is that having a PC is also very mainstream in the EU, not that smartphones aren’t dominant or socially problematic.

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      18 hours ago

      Yes, and mine is that if it is still somehow “mainstream” then it is currently losing that status almost before our eyes.

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        17 hours ago

        I haven’t checked numbers lately, but my impression is that the shift is complete. The primacy of phones is clear, but most households in the EU have a PC, and people who own PCs aren’t going to further decrease their PC use over the next five years.