# 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
@Dragon @tomstoneham @neil who is "they"?
The gaming companies?
The 60 year olds i mentioned?
Microsoft?
> who is "they"?
Governments / legislatures, or those who control pinch points in terms of hardware or BIOS/UEFI.
In essence, the line of thinking is that "just install Linux" is only viable when one can, indeed, install Linux.
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