Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client

Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by majormajor on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:37PM (#25876059)

That's been true since 1984 (and whenever Windows caught up ;) ). The enthusiast/hobbyist sector has long been a small minority of the computer buying public.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by TeMPOraL on Friday January 22, 2021 @04:35PM (#25876606)

Windows wasn't really that bad until recently. Sure, it didn't go out of its way to give you tools to command your computer, but it didn't get in the way either.

The true dumbification of computers started with smartphones. iOS and Android are the primary drivers of this change, of treating computers as appliances. Microsoft unfortunately embraced this trend in recent years, they quite openly say Windows is an OS-as-a-Service now[0]. Still leaves plenty of control points to exploit[1], but it starts getting in the way.

[0] - https://mastodon.technology/@temporal/105385475519240956 - I almost spit my tea on my keyboard when I saw this popping up the other day.

[1] - That's why I'm using a Windows 2-in-1 instead of an Android tablet.

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