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[–] sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.works 159 points 1 week ago (29 children)

Are they trying to kill windows on purpose?

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 127 points 1 week ago (20 children)

The sad thing is they know the large majority of users will comply. Most people put familiarity and convenience above their own privacy and general well-being.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 62 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

Once valve drops better nvidia support into the kernel, and steamos starts coming pre-loaded on laptops and pre-built desktops it's over for their consumer division.

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 points 1 week ago

No it's not, multiplayer games with anticheat that hard-locks you into Windows and productivity software with DRM that hard-locks you into Windows is still a thing, if that were to stop being a thing, then Windows' dominance on the desktop might finally be threatened, but until then, sadly, no.

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