It's definitely not why *I* switched away from Windows

You didn't switch away from windows to get superior software?

Also, the statement was valid because it will be true for most. It doesn't matter that you read it and it wasn't true for you, as long as it's true by the numbers, it's true, because it's one-to-many communication not one to one.

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jp_sc an hour ago | parent | next [-]

My reasons to switch to Linux from Windows were very little about "security" and plenty more about freedom. Sure, it was very nice avoiding running an antivirus, but that was just the cherry on top.

I wanted the freedom to change and "rice" my desktop however I wanted, and the Compiz cube looked awesome. I found Windows condescending and restricting in that regard. Yes, my first reason was the aesthetics, kick me out of the nerds club. (That was also the reason I switched to Mac for 10 years).

My second reason was that I suspected I could learn so much more about computers using Linux full time. And I did.

I was also younger and used to associate Windows with soul-sucking corporate jobs and Linux with new ideas and experimentation. It was us-vs-them. Open Source vs Micro$oft and all that vibe.

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AshamedCaptain 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

While I don't want to discuss the quality of any distro vs Windows, there is a big reason most of us use free software: because it is free. Whether for you it is because of free as in freedom or free as in beer specifically, quality may not have much to do with it.

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normie3000 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Isn't Windows also basically free? Every laptop I buy has a Windows licence stuck to the bottom of it.

	▲	fhn 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		which means you paid for it. just because it comes bundled doesn't mean always it's free. https://en.refund4freedom.org/
	▲	itishappy 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		No, you've been charged for every one of those licenses.
	▲	inigyou 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		You can also just pirate it.
	▲	AshamedCaptain 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		No and you missed the "freedom" part of the adage.

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dist-epoch 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In EU at least you can almost get free as in beer Windows, you can buy a fully legal 2nd hand (resold) Windows license for about $10, the price of a fancy beer.

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Brian_K_White 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Windows is already free for ~everyone. Make less idiotic arguments.

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itishappy 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Also, the statement was valid because it will be true for most.

The statement seems more like a preconception than data.