# 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.
@neil @saxnot @tomstoneham 1/2 That is the point to repair cafes that offer installs of Linux for those with modern computers that cannot run Windows 11.
Most people have limited needs from a computer and setting up a Linux desktop say XFCE in such a way that it mimics older versions of Windows allows people to transition easily.
I moved my remaining elderly parent over to Linux on their macbook ten years ago. With XFCE and a MacOSX theme and the panel at the top the transition was painfree.
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