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[–] hornywarthogfart@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Windows is mostly so entrenched because Microsoft applied monopolistic practices in the 90's to ensure it was the most used operating system thereby cementing their place for decades to come.

Then, they applied monopolistic practices in the cloud industry to ensure vendor lock-in at the OS level with their most popular services (like Office).

You are right that most people just don't care though. I don't blame them, there is enough stress in the world.