alt Hacker NewsWhy does anyone still go through the trouble, for personal use, of buying and fighting against Windows terrible design decisions and crappy implementations, when there are so many great alternatives?
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gambiting • today at 5:52 PM
For personal use - because I play games that only run on windows(and it's my main social interaction every week so "just play other games" is not a viable option)
For work - because Visual Studio is the best IDE if you're a C++ programmer and if your toolchains only work on windows(so anything to do with PS5/Xbox/Switch development).
vasilzhigilei • today at 5:39 PM
Microsoft Office, Paint.NET, Adobe products.
Because there aren't so many great alternatives.
There's MacOS, which requires expensive dongles (an Apple computer), and has some of its own systemic issues.
And there's Linux, in different subtly incompatible distros, with its own share of problems, and a non-starter if you need and/or want to use many proprietary staples, from the Creative Suite to video, music, and business apps...