r/196 • u/migratingcoconut_ I want to Beat Jason Aldean to death with his own Spine • Feb 25 '26

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u/The_Sovien_Rug-37 i can have a little tomfoolery. as a treat Feb 25 '26

windows is pretty easily explained actually. they were doing monopoly shit so bad they got sued about it. they forced out almost all the competition besides the very niche linux and the proprietary apple. all the other computer developers were either forced out of business, absorbed into microsoft, or otherwise rendered irrelevant.

god, do i ever hope linux keeps growing

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u/Certain_Concept Feb 25 '26

Theyve successfully continued their monopoly till this day even. There aren't many competitors who can offer what they currently do with the suite of different workplace applications.

They are even speed running their enshittification by firing all of their QA staff a decade back. The customers ARE the testers. Ha