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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Why do you think they do? Logically think it through.

Market sharen and incumbent advantage. Ease of adoption (or appearance of). Ubiquity and lack of need to retain. Predatory behaviour by MS. Different priorities for users.

Unless you actually consider the real reasons why Windows is so widespread you'll never make a dent in it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ease of adoption (or appearance of)

Thank you for acknowledging that point. Because since Win7 or so, Almost all major Linux distributions are shitloads easier to learn that any windows environment, no matter how unfamiliar you are with Linux. Basically, all major desktop environments behave like an optimized WinXP desktop.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

What's not user friendly about learning multiple different settings panels? /S