There’s a massive difference between the average Windows user and the average PHP developer. It’s a false equivalence.

The regular computer user who just needs their apps to run won’t likely make the effort to enter an entirely new ecosystem as long as those apps run. Even with the most user-friendly distros, the barrier of entry is still high. And when their apps break? They’ll reinstall Windows or pay someone else to fix it.

I love shitting on Microsoft as much as the next penguin, but they’re not idiots. Even if some of their decisions are questionable, Windows is still a major part of their business, and they won’t just let it degrade to a point where Linux converts are a significant threat to their profit.

(I did not downvote you, by the way, that was someone else)

the only way that’s going to keep Microsoft on top in the long term.

You underestimate the complacency of the masses.

I bet Styropyro has a box of them tucked away somewhere. His laser defense turrets will have unmatched accuracy.

That bar is so low it’s practically a tripping hazard in hell.

They’re about to kill -9 the AI process that wrote this and make all the other processes watch.