@soatok oh no, please don’t tell me now that all the funny numbers and most personal actual favourite numbers are gone that people are just gonna vote for 1

@h good luck with changing everything over it can take a while to remember every place/service

@noracodes the article is talking about the kind of person who buys the cheapest possible commodity PC and follows the path of least resistance -
I get what you're saying, but this most common user probably doesn't realise there are alternate internet browsers available beyond the default provided.

I see his essay as more of an observation of the current state of things, and an explanation of why it's wrong, as well as a dissection of how and why it got to this point of user hostility (surprise - it's capitalism, he can call it the rot economy, but yes it's just capitalism performing as intended)

I think the action suggested by the essay is that first step of identifying that the way things are in tech right now are horrifically wrong and harmful for most users. it's seeing that harm, and talking about it to others (a lot of people, in and out of the tech industry seem to think things are good the way they are) - people have to know, first.

@noracodes I think you might have missed a chunk of what he wrote about the average person using technology. Linux is not easier for the average user, there’s nothing more to it than that.

People for the most part use what they are presented with, and take the easiest path, nothing about switching OS is easy for the bulk of people. The Linux experience is different, but also poor for the end user, just in different ways. A lot of the problems with Linux usability apply to other foss solutions. Love foss, I think Linux is great, but he’s talking about the state of web and tech for the layperson