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this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
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Yeah this is so annoying.. I hate the focus they have, has me thinking of also not throwing all eggs in one basket with these services..
Come on guys give them a break. You dont have to use their services if you dont want, but they do a variety of things and they do them well. You can still use Drive through a browser.
But their whole sales pitch is the privacy community. Of course if you care about privacy you will be using Linux and not Windows or MacOS.
Proton is super easy to use. They are a gateway drug into privacy. Its close enough to google for any pleb to use. If you are using linux, then you probably dont need to be airplane spoon feed privacy.
And basically no one is using Linux, so why would they develop it for that with limited resources?
People who cares about privacy and security use Linux! Wtf are you talking about
They're obviously talking about the sheer number of users. Windows has something like 10x as many, which most people know. From Wikipedia:
So Linux only wins if 100% of their users use it and only 10% of Windows use it, which won't happen. Of a company has limited resources, they're obviously going to focus their efforts on where they can attract the most number of users (and most money). In this/most cases, that's Windows.
What does "Linux" win then?
A higher return on devs' effort (meaning more users reached and more profit) and thus the effort and focus of said devs, which is the chief complaint of the OP and relpies. Apologies, thought it was obvious in the context.
Well I do! I even work in security! And I use Windows! I bet I've blown your mind. Must be real nice to have such a simplistic world view.
That's exactly the problem. They do a lot of things and every single one of them is missing features.
Using a Web browser when you have thousands fo files needing to be synced is a terrible experience..