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I like the optimism of Linux users thinking there will be a massive flood towards their favourite Linux distro.
When the obvious path the majority of gamers will take is just ... not upgrade anything and stay on an unsecure OS until their next major PC upgrade.
Most users don't care about security as long as it allows them to do with their computer what they want.
If Microsoft didn't push people to a new version, you know too many would still be rocking Windows 8.
Windows had to force updates because so many people just didn’t update
Anyone that is on 10 still isn’t going to go to Linux
When I was young and dealing with Win 98 and XP before all the service packs updates had like 10% chance of bricking the OS and would give me anxiety so I'd avoid them. Even with Windows 7 had an update that made explorer.exe refuse to start. It hasn't happened in many years, maybe they got their shit together but I still have anxiety about updates even though I'm savvy enough to fix issues now. Just because I can doesn't mean I wanna.