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Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Windows is just one big advertisement jfc and M$FT the audacity to charge $200 for it?! 🏴‍☠️

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It is a marketing OS for sure.

15 years ago I used to set up Linux HPC systems and we did a windows one for a testing project. Back then it was sort of a head scratcher, but I could see some use in it. Now? I don’t know about that.