Shit, another community I’m gonna need to block
If it’s always the case that there’s never been a better time to switch to Linux, and we can assume the trend will continue, that means that there will always be a near future time where it will be better to switch to Linux than it is right now. That means it’s better to switch to Linux later.
!This is a joke.!<
“This year is the year of Linux!”
Morgan Freeman voice: “It was in fact NOT the year of Linux … again”
The reason you don’t see headlines mentioning Linux is because they are a tiny minority that nobody cares about.
- Conditions may apply.
The fact we’re still on Windows should tell you something about Linux.
It tells you more something about how lazy and lethargic the average consumer is. How hot and fast you can boil the water of that particular frog species before it even starts to think of jumping ship.
As long as X game with horrible anti-cheat and Y commercial software with a million dollar monopoly on its polish works the average windows user just does not care what Microsoft does.
Or the average consumer just doesn’t care enough about computers.
It may sound wack to the average tech fan, but there are plenty of people who never even visit the internet, let alone own a computer.
So if how good of a time it is to switch to Linux is always on an upward trajectory, then wouldn’t waiting to switch be the best thing to do?
Not only that, but also the unnecessary removal of features that some people actually use and might even like…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_features_removed_in_Windows_11
“internet explorer” -listed as the first one. -Linux fans love their out-dated tech.
Why did they remove WordPad? That just doesn’t make any sense to me.
Not used enough to justify the support cost
What’s to support? It’s WordPad, it’s pretty self-explanatory, and even if someone has a question, there’s the help file.
And I can’t see any reason for them to need to update it or anything, seems like it was fairly well polished for a simple word processor.
Support from the development side of things. Every feature Windows pack has a cost attached to it. Microsoft tends to prioritize features that are used by most users and prune the others to cut costs down.
Nah, they decided to prioritize a subscription to Microsoft 365/Word over a basically free simplified alternative that (used to) come with Windows.
It’s all about the $$$. They’ll take features away from you, and you’ll like it!
Is there something you need it for that notepad and word can’t cover?
Shouldn’t need the full blown Word to make a simple text document with different fonts and basic page layout options. WordPad is very lightweight, not like removing it saves any notable storage space.
It’s not about storage space, it’s about maintaining two programs that do the same thing. With modern computers built for Windows 11 and not minimal spec, ram should be plentiful and cheap to add if needed. Any computer with tpm2 it shouldn’t matter with unless the build was bad to begin with.
No, it’s all about the $$$
Always has been.
@over_clox has the answer here. They got rid of Wordpad to drive people toward paying for Word.
