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 The fact that so much of the world uses Microsoft windows makes me lose faith in humanity a bit tbh

Like the UX isn't even better than Linux honestly, I can at least understand using Mac  
 siMplITitY foR tHe mASseS.  
 the UX is worse

product designers think they know anything or have usability theories, but all they have is status quo bias 
 Yeah certain Linux distros have fantastic UX 
 Online PVP gaming and HDR support 
 Most people around the world can't afford Apple products 
 Plenty of Linux distros look like macOS 
 QubesOS only - please don't use CSS blur or transparency for better website scrolling experience

https://media.tenor.com/cog3cHRtBkcAAAAC/brent-rambo-good.gif 
 The fact that since Windows 11 has been released three years ago, only 30% of people have upgraded from Windows 10... brings back a little faith in humanity. 
 I actually prefer the UX of windows 11. Not as good as PopOS though 
 Until it's upgraded to 11 by either not asking or by using dark patterns to trick you into accepting it, like they did with 7 -> 10, yeah they got sued, but I bet it was still worth it.

https://en.meming.world/images/en/f/fd/I%27ll_Fuckin_Do_It_Again.jpg 
 It’s just what people are used to at this point, in the past Linux wasn’t very user friendly. People didn’t know how to even get it onto their machine 
 Most election voter id systems (ie digital voter rolls) are Windows based 
 Most of the world does not even know what an operating system is and their user experience is just Google chrome. 
 Because gaming on Linux is crap. I wish we all just used Linux. PopOS is as good as Mac (though I haven’t used it in more than a year)