Linux people, *please* understand this. Sometimes people need to run Windows.
They’re allowed to complain about Windows ads, or tracking, or any other enshittification problems, without you saying “use Linux” every time.
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Update: I regret posting this.
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Update 2: I've addressed the most common comments below. I'm muting this thread now. Lesson learned!
@rubenerd why?
No, I mean, really. Why does someone "have" to use it.
@mirabilos @rubenerd Are you serious? Because of proprietary software that only runs under Windows (not WINE) that I have to use to get a paycheque.
MS Teams (the native client) comes to mind. Not running it could get me fired. MS Outlook (again, the native client with native COM plug-ins) comes a very close second. Web versions are not an option for either product, here, for sound technical/functional reasons.
I greatly enjoy what I do, so I choose to run UNIX on the servers and Windows on my laptop in order to continue getting paid to enjoy doing what I do.
@athompso @mirabilos @rubenerd There are a lot of times I complain about people not using open source software, and I often feel it's a bit annoying that people complain about all the open source advocacy on a federated network built by open source advocates using open source tools in order to escape proprietary networks.
But I have to remind myself we can't just ignore real problems with open source and that people are compelled to make compromises. We have to actively make things better.
Ruben Schade 
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