Fair Fairy@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoYouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installsnews.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1994arrow-down1external-linkYouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installsnews.ycombinator.comFair Fairy@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square221fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareBilSabab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·3 days agoWasn’t Google trying to get their own OS off the ground? It’s in their business interest for people to switch from Windows to elsewhere.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoFuschia, I think it was called. Their own Linux like OS, but with all their own custom tools
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoFuschia did get used on some of their smart home stuff that they’ve shifted focus away from. I suspect they were just building a dedicated embedded OS to standardize on for non-phone gadgets that don’t need full fat android
minus-squareWolf@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoSounds like a worse version of both Android and ChromeOS.
minus-squaretiramichu@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoIt’s not in their interest for people to switch to something actually good that they will want to stay on, though.
minus-squareBilSabab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agothe paradox of capitalism. can’t just have a good thing because that doesn’t perpetually generate money at scale.
Wasn’t Google trying to get their own OS off the ground? It’s in their business interest for people to switch from Windows to elsewhere.
Fuschia, I think it was called. Their own Linux like OS, but with all their own custom tools
Fuschia did get used on some of their smart home stuff that they’ve shifted focus away from. I suspect they were just building a dedicated embedded OS to standardize on for non-phone gadgets that don’t need full fat android
Sounds like a worse version of both Android and ChromeOS.
gotta check it out
It’s not in their interest for people to switch to something actually good that they will want to stay on, though.
the paradox of capitalism. can’t just have a good thing because that doesn’t perpetually generate money at scale.