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Re:Flatpak – a security nightmare – 2 years later (2020) by hobs on Sunday March 21, 2021 @12:00PM (#26531365)
Competitor? Windows is still >85% of desktop use or thereabouts - you can buy an expensive mac or you can go to hell and try out linux; neither is really an alternative for many so they just accept what happens.
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Re:Flatpak – a security nightmare – 2 years later (2020) by ben509 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:41AM (#26576666)
So why do they bother adding new features to Windows?

I'll answer my question: Companies make decisions on the margin. They don't care that they have 85% of the market. They want that next percentage point.

The users who might switch to or from competitors are precisely the "swing voters" they have to consider.

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