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Gigachadtoday at 11:50 AM2 repliesview on HN

Windows used to exist in a competitive environment where they had to fight to remain relevant. For a long time now they have become complacent, no matter how many ads, product placements, and user abusive features they push, people will tolerate it.

The situation has only just changed now that Apple and Valve are getting close to threatening the Windows monopoly.


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foldrtoday at 12:45 PM

Isn’t this backwards? Microsoft had way less competition on the desktop in the 90s than they do now.

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makapuftoday at 12:11 PM

Frankly I don't know why we still have laptops. Honestly I think my mobile with a usbc base for screen and usb would perfectly work in a hardware pov. I don't know if Android would work, and besides of that a small fixed pc for whatever needs power.

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