Comment by IslandRebel

People just put up with it because they don't know how to use anything else. My nephew (who has no idea what Linux is) was complaining his laptop was slow and unstable.

This is how it is with a lot of modern tech, btw. Most people just suffer using it.

Similarly, interest in restoring/repairing older vehicles has increased because people are so fed up with using modern cars.

I drove a modern long-wheelbase Ford Transit last week when I moved house, and the whole experience was constant annoyances. Often the tech wasn't working correctly. I daily drive a 30 year old vehicle (which runs perfectly btw) and wasn't aware of how bad modern annoyances are.

e.g.

- The backup camera didn't work properly.

- The speed warning was incorrect, e.g., it thought I was speeding when I was actually 10 mph under the speed limit. The speed limit on that road has been the same for at least 7 years, and the van was 4 years old.

- Lane assist was constantly moving the wheels and taking over what I was doing. I was bang-on in the middle of the road. It was very jarring to have the wheel move when you haven't turned the steering wheel. It scared the absolute shit out of me when it first did it, I honestly thought there was play in the control arms.

- The driving awareness check said I was tired for some god knows what reason, and I had been driving for all of 20 minutes!

- It also said I wasn't holding the steering wheel when I had both hands on it.

- I couldn't feel the clutch biting point at all. Maybe the clutch was electronic as well.

- It had the most annoying electronic handbrake as well. Required you to hold the button before you could pull away the first time. This worked differently than if you were using it at a traffic light.

I know people that bought older vehicles (people in their 30s) because they dislike this stuff as well.

People just put up with this crap on Windows because they often don't have any other choice because, quite frankly, most people have no idea what Linux is and don't really understand how a computer works even at a basic conceptual level.