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Valve’s strategy being that Microsoft will continue down this user-hostile and privacy-hostile experience.

Being computer-savvy means I’m still a relative outlier, but given the renewed shift away from Windows and Office; Windows unfortunately may become niche.



Why unfortunately? Isn't that a good thing? (Assuming > 0% will switch to Linux instead of iOS)


Honestly, as much as I prefer Linux for most things Linux staying pat and macOS stealing market share from Windows is almost as good as Linux taking those users. I think we’re currently seeing a trend starting of people leaving Windows for each of them, and some users for both of them.




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