IMHO this is only temporary, china buying themselves some time and want to make sure none of US models get entrenched in their position in the next few years (also putting pressure on US AI companies bleeding them)
The same way like Windows got entrenched everywhere even though linux desktop is pretty good even for non-tech savvy people and free.
> even though linux desktop is pretty good even for non-tech savvy people
Let's not get carried away.
A stock Fedora install has more UI consistency and cleanliness than Windows these days.
Non-technical people are easier to please in this regard than moderate-technical people: a good browser and safe, gui "app store" are enough.
My grandma just clicks on the red fox and does whatever online. A lot of people don't use any software outside of the browser, so it's pretty good-enough I guess.
The business case for ChromeOS (Linux)
Seems like people don't like this comment, but I chuckled. Nice one.
I was completely (well, mostly) serious, too. I think technical people tend to downplay friction because it doesn't really register to them, or they have too much faith in the average person's computer skills.
The average non-technical person is going to be stumped by the first "lock file found, cannot upgrade" error.
How many users of modern Linux can thrive with ZERO terminal use sessions? That’s the bar.
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