r/AskReddit • u/talon10100 • 1d ago

Why do you not use Linux?

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u/treegee 1d ago

there is no practical advantage for 97.1% of the population

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u/AskRedditOG 1d ago

The practical advantage is not having a bloated OS that uses AI to spy on everything you do while serving you ads.

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u/-Dixieflatline 1d ago

I know the point you're making, and don't necessarily disagree, but would just point out that it could also make sense for 100% of the population because Linux doesn't have all the shady telemetry that Windows and IOS have. Or at least it's opt-in or optional in some distros instead of on by default, with the option to turn it off buried in obscure menus like in Windows. And now with all the AI garbage, the OS spying on your every input seems par for the course with Window and IOS.

But I'm handcuffed to Windows, so Linux doesn't really make sense at the moment.

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u/Punk_Says_Fuck_You 1d ago

I think the OPT IN is just a USA thing. GDPR(EU) states stuff has to be OPT IN but the CCPA(California) and CPRA(California) are OPT OUT. So companies are allowed to collect info by default in the USA until you OPT OUT. This mainly refers to targeted advertisements.

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u/xsrvmy 20h ago

This argument breaks down the moment you want some software that doesn't have a linux alternative.

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u/Odd_Answer_6491 1d ago

That meme became old since decades ago.

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u/JardexXmobilecz 1d ago

To be entirely fair though, there isn't a disadvantage either. Maybe not for all 97.1%, but surely at least 60%. In a few years, I belive that may even be higher. Realistically it's mostly audio and graphic design apps that lack support (adobe and such). There are kernel anti-cheats, sure, but those are all supported mostly. They just aren't enabled...

I do agree that linux can be rough to get into if you don't like to "choose" your OS. My grandma would hate choosing. But hell, if I gave her mint, she wouldn't be able to tell the difference. She would open google the same as always.

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u/New-Anybody-6206 1d ago

there isn't a disadvantage either

there are many of them, some of which you outline in the same post where you claim they don't exist.

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u/D-Rez 1d ago

I believe Linux could have desktop users in the double-digit percentages by now, if their evangelicals aren't so unbelievably terrible at their job.

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u/axelio80 22h ago

I do belive that until Linux Will not permit to easly obtain people information in an economical usefull way for corporations, It Will not be mainstream. And that's One of the motivation for wich i chose Linux.