By skyforbes Three main reasons:
- Gaming is now better
- Windows 10 support soon ending
- Power users vocal about less AI in Windows.
A few comments.
I am happy to see (1) listed here. When I saw Steam come to Linux I thought "ok how long is this realistically going to last"? I legit did not think supporting Linux gaming long term was financially viable…. and here we are 12+ years later I own a handheld gaming device made by Valve powered by Linux.
(3) is a particularly interesting one for me because I work in AI research. Still, I feel like moving AI into the OS is a bit much, almost like crossing a personal boundary you shouldn't cross. So I totally get why this would upset people. I still remember how rightfully upset people were when Canonical added online search and shopping suggestions in their Unity desktop.. imagine now feeding local file searches to an AI instead 😱
Curious what you all think. Any recent Windows converts relate to these reasons?