That sounds more like forced than willing to me.

True, that’s why I said they were brainwashed

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

That said, Apple supports their phones longer than anyone else has to date. Yes I’m aware that Google and Samsung promise 7 years, but like anything Google or Samsung, I have to file that under “I’ll believe it when I see it” because it hasn’t actually happened yet.

That too. But I also know a lot of people who aren’t tech-literate who refuse to consider buying anything that doesn’t come with Windows because “it’s too hard”

Don’t forget about the disposable laptops with Windows 10 that are no longer supported because Windows 11 doesn’t like their TPM or CPU!

“Why do people willingly use Windows?”

Because they are brainwashed into thinking it’s the easiest platform, and that any problems they encounter are because that’s just how computers are.

I have an industrial job where I’m on my feet all day, and most of the day, I have various pieces that are at different stages in the process all at once. Everybody else in my department also has ADHD. It’s a cakewalk for me, but I’ve noticed that most neurotypicals struggle with it.

I would get way too antsy sitting in an office or at home all day.

The issue is that the GNOME devs have made it VERY clear that they don’t want you doing this.

Ubuntu originally came out because Debian Sarge took much longer than usual to get released, and everything in Debian Woody was woefully out of date in 2004. KDE 3 and GNOME 2 had been out for a while but the latest Debian was shipping KDE 2.2.2 and GNOME 1.4. Ubuntu’s philosophy was to provide a more up-to-date distro for regular people.

I’ve been using Linux long enough that I used Debian Woody.

Yeah, and the GNOME team sees people using extensions, breaks them, and says “No, you WILL use it OUR way or else!”

Whenever I’ve tried GNOME, I’d say about 75% of the extensions I’ve seen recommended as recently as a year prior were now broken on the latest release. And apparently GNOME really hates the idea of a systray/AppIndicator even though most distros and users want it, other desktops have it, and Mac and Windows have it

Before Ubuntu existed, most distros aimed at newcomers shipped with KDE as the default. I’m not sure why Ubuntu went with GNOME as the default, but since Ubuntu came out, everything shifted to GNOME.

GNOME is definitely not going for a single UI that will please everyone. They’re going for a UI that you WILL use THEIR way, or else. And they WILL break any extensions you use within the next release or two. Which is an odd design philosophy for a desktop for an OS aimed at people who like to tweak.

I agree that KDE is better for newcomers. I’ll never understand why the newbie-friendly distros tend to favor GNOME.