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    Because it’s an uphill battle against monopolies.

    Blah blah blah the same argument.

    If you had a better product than Windows, for free, everyone would use it. You don’t, and you blame everyone except yourselves.

    Yellow card for ageism, ha-ha.

    Oh man am I having my first ‘these fucking kids’ moments? I think I am.

    Oh, so a piece of hardware the vendor of which didn’t care about Linux support. How is this an OS problem?

    Because if I can’t use my tools with one OS, but I can with another, then the problem is with the OS that I cannot. Scanners are common peripherals my dude. Do you think windows would have sold if it didn’t support scanners?

    be pissed at Linux and its community if it’s a device driver problem.

    I’m pissed at the linux community because their answers were antagonistic, elitist, and useless. You asked for one example, I gave you one example yet the community has responded in the same way each time.

    In your example the problem is with the vendor of the device.

    Keep thinking that way and waiting for all vendors to start distributing their own linux drivers, see how far you get.

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      Blah blah blah the same argument.

      Yes, the same correct argument.

      If you had a better product than Windows, for free, everyone would use it. You don’t, and you blame everyone except yourselves.

      I’ve already guessed you think that, only you don’t give any arguments supporting your opinion.

      Because if I can’t use my tools with one OS, but I can with another, then the problem is with the OS that I cannot.

      You’ve yourself said there’s no official driver, so the entirety of the described problem is with the hardware vendor.

      Scanners are common peripherals my dude. Do you think windows would have sold if it didn’t support scanners?

      Windows doesn’t even support browsers, because nobody ported Vimb to it, yet it sells.

      That’s how your opinion looks, some piece of hardware without a Linux driver (drivers for Windows are, of course, made by hardware vendors) not working is somehow Linux’ fault.

      I agree it’s a Linux problem, but it’s vendor’s fault. Like if someone drops a turd on your head, it’s their fault and your problem.

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        Yes, the same correct argument.

        No it isn’t, I refuted it in my next sentence.

        I’ve already guessed you think that, only you don’t give any arguments supporting your opinion

        I don’t need to, simple market forces make that clear. If you have a free product that is easily available that outcompetes paid products, the market will shift to the free product. If it does not then it isn’t outcompeting the competition.

        Why would you pay for McDonald’s if Smashburger was free?

        You’ve yourself said there’s no official driver, so the entirety of the described problem is with the hardware vendor.

        How naive. Linux is the unsupported underdog here, and will not get more adoption by whining that vendors aren’t making drivers for it. The only answer is to roll your own. I explicitly stated that this lack of hardware support is one of the things holding back linux from greater adoption, do you disagree with this? If you agree, then you know drivers must be written. If the manufacturer has no interest in doing it, then who will?

        Windows doesn’t even support browsers

        Are you fucking high? I really don’t even know how to respond to this. I’m starting to think you are just copy pasting ChatGPT output.

        but it’s vendor’s fault.

        Whining isn’t going to raise your ridiculous OS’s adoption rating, bro.