Talk of advertisements in the Windows app menu was the last straw for me. I don’t use any programs that require Windows so I don’t have dual boot or anything - although I do have a KDE theme that mimics Windows 95/8 because that was what I grew up with and I’m super nostalgic for it.
That said, I’ve always been attracted to “third options”. My favorite phone was a Windows Phone, my motorcycle is from a small manufacturer, etc.
I think it’s just regular Operant Conditioning, but the reward of finding half a pie was so strong that the association will stick to this bush for a lot longer than if it was a smaller one.
This is doubly true for ignoring noises/feelings on your motorcycle.
My dog refuses to work for free. Sit, shake, roll over, she knows all of them - but if you don’t have a treat she won’t even pay attention to you.
I haven’t used many, but after fucking with Ubuntu, Pop OS and Mint I switched to base Debian 12 and it’s the cleanest my desktop PC experience has ever been. My computer doesn’t do anything I’m not expecting it to, it doesn’t have any bloatware, every program I’ve installed has worked clean out of the box exactly as advertised (except for the occasional Proton/Wine wrangling which is universal).
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Anyway I think he’s pretty good. He’s been making content since before he was a socialist, and even then he was making content for a while before he started really identifying as a Marxist-Leninist, so there’s no shortage of bad takes in his archive - but as he comes off now in his podcast he’s pretty radical and well-informed. The most recent objection I’ve seen to him is disagreement with his belief in MMT, a topic which I don’t know enough about to meaningfully comment on.
What the fuckkkkkk whyyyyyyyy