I was eating some chocolate when I imagined a world where Hershey’s was widely accepted, even by elitists, as the best chocolate.
Is consumer elitism just a facade for pretentious contrarians? Or are there things where even most snobs agree with the masses?
Also, I mean that the product is intrinsically considered to be the best option. I’m not considering social products where the user network makes the experience.
Microsoft Windows.
Someone posted about a link where I can check for Linux compatibility on my games, it’s like protondb or something. And, I started to look up games that would work for Linux should I decide on switching. As soon as I found that three games weren’t going to work 100% on Linux, particularly Mint for example, then Linux was not going to be my choice.
I built my computer with the purpose in mind, that it was going to run nearly all of my games without a hitch. It does that. Windows does that for me. I can deal with software alternatives which was another thing I research if this theory of switching was plausible. But, I couldn’t deal with the idea that not everything I want to simply run, won’t do that on my Linux distro of choice, not without going through a lot of steps first. Whereas with Windows, it’s a matter of clicking this and it’s there for me.
People need to respect the preferences of others. There are people out there, who value their time and patience. When they want things to run, they want what it will take for that thing to simply run on without going through any hoops to do so.
I’ve pirated my Windows copy, so I didn’t give Microsoft a dime. In fact, I encourage people to pirate Windows than give Microsoft anymore money than they have. Linux may have some advantages and I like it that it is there for people to go to for whatever reason. I just hate it when there are people who’re going around just telling people what to use because they use it.
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dieget downvoted to hell.Is that because your games need a rootkit to let you play, or is it an actual incompatibility? I’ve been running Bazzite at home for over a year now with minimal issues.
People recommend moving away from the company that abuses it’s users and is enshittifying it’s OS to the point it’s becoming slop. And I’m not a windows hater, I support it professionally and have for over a decade. But the writing is unfortunately on the wall, so finding ways to make your system work better for you is a good idea before Microsoft really fucks you over with a bad update that bricks your system.
You’re right. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. But for those few games that don’t run you get:
Computers are more than video game machines. I made the final switch away from Windows because I wanted to be treated like a person, not a customer.
It’s a lot more about philosophy than functionality. When something doesn’t work in Linux, I know it’s a genuine mistake someone made and that it wasn’t intentional. M$ has infinite money and they can’t even figure out how to keep the Sleep function working while at the same time forcing you to sign up for an account that they can choose to cancel for any reason whenever they feel like.
You don’t own your PC on Windows.
I mean, if all you want is a video game box, and you don’t care about privacy, security, or customizability, Windows is more compatible, sure. I wouldn’t call it better.
The games I enjoy (e.g. Portal 2, No Man’s Sky, Split Fiction to name a small few) all get noticeably better performance on Mint via Proton than on Windows. But games like Destiny 2, Fortnite, etc. with their invasive anti-cheats will never work on a system that respects the user’s privacy.
So if what you want is compatibility, sure, Windows is king. But you do pay a price.
Honestly, I’ve “solved” this by accepting defeat. My gaming PC is only used for gaming, and I consider it to be roughly on par with an Xbox or Playstation or work laptop. Any data on it should be considered public.
I do literally everything else on my Linux box, which I actually feel OK about. Yes, I could dual boot, but honestly, having my stuff airgapped from the crazy intrusive “security” is nice.