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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Scoresby 16 Jun \ on: The new path: Linux + LibreOffice tech
In a way this is similar to getting to switch to self custody (from an exchange or even just to start using bitcoin). There's so much inertia they will put up with horrible behavior on the part of their providers because it is just easier than making such a change. Frog boiling in a pot of water.
I suspect most people won't come to Linux, despite great tools like the End of 10 website.
I was thinking about why MS Windows now offers a virtualization environment but macOS still doesn't have that natively. I think Apple must have cornered a large percentage of potential Linux users, whereas MS Windows is not gaining many at all.
I think there will be huge upside growth in Linux users, but this is a trajectory that'll take time. I think we must be changing in terms of basic computer literacy. Just my feeling.
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Apple's Unix underpinnings have definitely helped it nab a bunch of Unix/Linux folks. Pretty sure they'll never snag @siggy47, though!
In my mind there's definitely a parallel to bitcoin self custody. Use LibreOffice, and nobody can take it away from you. Your file is on your own system, and nobody knows it's there. You open the file and edit it, and it's nobody's business but yours. There is no tracking, no censorship. Even if your internet provider cuts you off, you can still work on your files.
I realize this is all rather absurdly banal, but this is one of the thousands of faces of digital self-sovereignty.