Post #2539103
2026-04-01 17:37 UTC
@alexkaessner@mas.to In short, on Linux as a user I feel in charge. On other platforms I feel I’m just along for the ride.
Specifically: ads, the need to click on “maybe later”, “don’t share my data”, interruptions, updates installed suddenly while restarting the computer, bugs, inconsistent UI.
Both Windows and macOS have pretty bad system preferences dialogs.
When I installed Bazzite on my gaming PC I was blown away by its preferences (KDE?), everything was discoverable, in an intuitive UI.
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@paranoiq@witter.cz 2026-04-02 08:32
@OndrejMirtes@phpc.social @alexkaessner@mas.to any product created by people who want to use it, will eventually get better than product created by people who want to sell it (or sell the user). it may be slow, but its ineviable