# WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account
I should be surprised if Windows will ever be suitable outside niche hobbyist communities with this kind of unreliable behaviour.
Real users need consistency and stability.
@neil I would say that there is a certain amount of #AppleEnvy at #Microsoft and #Google right now.
A #WalledGarden allows higher #Rent and cheapens compliance with legislation that attempts to restrict what users can do.
Open source - and thus backdoor-free - VPNs and e2ee are probably being targeted as preemptive obedience to future laws.
@tomstoneham @neil to be fair it's quite easy for people to leave windows and switch to linux.
A lot of gaming is already happening on linux and I am astonished when like >60 people working in non-tech jobs are talking about linux distributions
> it's quite easy for people to leave windows and switch to linux.
For *some* people, sure.
For a lot of people, probably not, sadly.
@tomstoneham @neil thats low status tech
high status tech is using a stickered ThinkPad with the original IBM keyboard
we might work in different industries
@tomstoneham @neil personally I don't care if you use a MacBook or a sleek Dell or whatever
I wouln't even think about status. That's completely normal stuff.
But having a club mate, strauss pants, gayish piercings and running arch linux on an X220 now that is my in-group that I would call high status.
@tomstoneham @neil you can't fathom the SHAME oozing out of me for having to work with a high end 2800 € apple device at work
when it got delivered I put that box as far away as possible and when I am done with what I need it for I shall never need to put it in my physically vincity again
I noticed almost a sort of performance of "I can't smile while opening this apple box lest people might think I'm scum"
Just for your "high status" consideration
Neil Brown
Tom Stoneham
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