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		gumballindie on April 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start ... Correct but thats not linux that’s the app vendors. There are web based alternatives for some and considering webgpu is becoming a thing there will more available in the browser soon.

KZerda on April 18, 2023 [–]

The apps are the ecosystem. If people can't run the programs they need to actually do things with their computers, then all the technical benefits in the world are useless. It was the biggest problem 20 years ago with Linux, and is the biggest problem now.

gumballindie on April 18, 2023 | [–]

Depends on your use case. For me it works absolutely fine.

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