Microsoft Admitted Windows 11 Is Losing...

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Resumen

TLDRIn this video, Mudahar discusses the impending end of support for Windows 10 and Microsoft's push for users to upgrade to Windows 11. He critiques Microsoft's historical practices that limited competition and highlights the growing viability of Linux as an alternative operating system. Mudahar emphasizes that users now have more choices than ever, as advancements in technology and software have made Linux a more attractive option. He also touches on the impact of AI in the tech industry and the changing landscape of operating systems, suggesting that Microsoft must adapt to remain competitive.

Para llevar

  • 💻 Windows 10 support is ending soon.
  • 🔄 Microsoft is pushing users to upgrade to Windows 11.
  • 🛡️ No more security updates for Windows 10 after October 2025.
  • 🐧 Linux is becoming a viable alternative to Windows.
  • 📉 Microsoft admits to losing users and market share.
  • ⚖️ Historical practices stifled competition in the OS market.
  • 🤖 AI is influencing the tech landscape significantly.
  • 💡 Users now have more choices than ever in operating systems.
  • 📅 Microsoft will provide some updates for Windows 10 until 2028.
  • 🔧 Tools like Rufus can help bypass Windows 11 requirements.

Cronología

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Mudahar discusses the impending end of support for Windows 10, urging users to upgrade to Windows 11. He highlights that Microsoft is losing users and has to provide updates for Windows 10 until 2028 to retain customers, especially for those using Microsoft 365 applications.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    He emphasizes that Microsoft is not the dominant force it once was, noting a decline in active Windows devices. Mudahar argues that Windows has not been the best product but has maintained its position through anti-competitive practices, which are now being challenged by alternatives like Linux.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The video critiques Microsoft's historical practices of forcing OEMs to install Windows exclusively, limiting user choice. Mudahar points out that the rise of Linux and other operating systems is changing the landscape, allowing users more options and better hardware choices.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:26

    Finally, he expresses optimism for the future of Linux and open-source software, suggesting that competition is forcing Microsoft to improve its products. Mudahar encourages viewers to consider alternatives to Windows, highlighting the importance of understanding Microsoft's history and its impact on the current operating system market.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What is happening to Windows 10 support?

    Windows 10 support will end, meaning no more security or feature updates will be provided by Microsoft.

  • Can I still use Windows 10 after support ends?

    Yes, Windows 10 will continue to function, but it will not receive regular security updates.

  • What should I do if my computer doesn't support Windows 11?

    You can use tools like Rufus to bypass certain Windows 11 requirements, but this may not be a long-term solution.

  • When will Microsoft stop providing updates for Windows 10?

    Microsoft will stop providing updates for Windows 10 on October 10, 2025.

  • Is Linux a viable alternative to Windows?

    Yes, Linux has become a more viable alternative for users, especially with advancements in gaming and software compatibility.

  • What are the benefits of using Linux over Windows?

    Linux is open-source, does not have end-of-life issues like Windows, and often provides better hardware options.

  • How has Microsoft's market position changed?

    Microsoft is facing increased competition and has admitted to losing users, indicating a shift in the operating system landscape.

  • What is the significance of AI in the tech industry?

    AI is being integrated into many products, but it also raises concerns about ethics and competition.

  • Why did Microsoft dominate the OS market historically?

    Microsoft used its financial power and relationships with OEMs to stifle competition and maintain dominance.

  • What does the future hold for Windows and Microsoft?

    Microsoft may need to adapt to competition from Linux and other operating systems to remain relevant.

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  • 00:00:00
    Hello guys and gals. Me Mudahar. I know
  • 00:00:03
    there's going to be that one guy in the
  • 00:00:04
    comments. Blue polo analysis. Well, it's
  • 00:00:07
    pretty true. You know what I got the
  • 00:00:09
    best buy blue on? I'm about to crap all
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    over Microsoft like they're the nicest
  • 00:00:14
    street in existence. Ladies and
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    gentlemen, as you all know, Windows 10
  • 00:00:18
    is dying this year. I'm not shy about
  • 00:00:20
    making videos on this. I've actually
  • 00:00:22
    talked about this and I basically said
  • 00:00:24
    that, you know, Windows 10, all the
  • 00:00:26
    updates and the security stuff you're
  • 00:00:27
    getting. Well, that's basically going to
  • 00:00:30
    stop. Okay, Microsoft wants you to jump
  • 00:00:32
    all the way to Windows 11. Now, you
  • 00:00:34
    might be like, "But Muda, what if I
  • 00:00:36
    can't upgrade my computer because it
  • 00:00:37
    says it doesn't support it?" Well, tough
  • 00:00:40
    titt. Or you can use things like Rufus
  • 00:00:42
    and basically like uh cut out the parts
  • 00:00:44
    of Windows 11 like requirements that are
  • 00:00:47
    hampering you. But that's not to say
  • 00:00:48
    that kind of stuff is going to last
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    forever. Okay, let's just be completely
  • 00:00:51
    real now. I think it's kind of nonsense.
  • 00:00:54
    I really think like, you know, Windows
  • 00:00:56
    12 isn't even here. At least support
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    this. And uh you know what? Microsoft
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    kind of had to admit that uh you know,
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    they they're losing.
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    Microsoft has to admit that they're
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    actually losing. And uh you know, they
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    straight up just said, "Yeah, we're
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    we're gonna we're gonna at least give
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    you guys some actual updates for that
  • 00:01:14
    10." So, for instance, they released uh,
  • 00:01:16
    you know, this little follow-up just a
  • 00:01:18
    couple days ago, and I wanted to like
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    kind of cover it. So, here's what
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    happens when Windows 10 support dies.
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    Microsoft no longer provides any
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    security or feature updates or technical
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    support for any of those Windows 10
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    computers. So, while they're going to
  • 00:01:32
    continue to function, they're not going
  • 00:01:34
    to receive those regular security
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    updates. So, if you're a Windows 10
  • 00:01:38
    person and you're like, I just don't
  • 00:01:39
    want to go to 11. Okay. Uh, which again,
  • 00:01:41
    I don't really understand why not. if
  • 00:01:43
    you can upgrade like I upgraded to
  • 00:01:45
    Windows 11 as soon as it was like
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    officially available inside my VM and on
  • 00:01:49
    that computer back there and generally
  • 00:01:52
    speaking like it's uh it's an okay
  • 00:01:55
    experience like it's good for Windows
  • 00:01:57
    right but uh yeah uh if you want to
  • 00:01:59
    protect yourself from all the nasty
  • 00:02:01
    viruses that exist all over you're going
  • 00:02:03
    to you're going to probably want to
  • 00:02:04
    upgrade okay now of course any company
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    or organization that operates Windows 10
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    may find it challenging to maintain
  • 00:02:13
    regular regulatory compliance with
  • 00:02:15
    unsupported software, which actually is
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    a pretty important part towards the
  • 00:02:19
    latter half of this video, but I want to
  • 00:02:21
    kind of just like run through this. So,
  • 00:02:23
    applications running on Win10 may not be
  • 00:02:24
    supported. Those 365 apps, they'll
  • 00:02:28
    continue to receive any of those
  • 00:02:29
    security updates until October 10, 2028,
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    which again shows you that obviously for
  • 00:02:36
    a lot of people that aren't upgrading
  • 00:02:38
    and have been subscribers, Microsoft's a
  • 00:02:41
    little worried, right? like if all of a
  • 00:02:42
    sudden, you know, those th those
  • 00:02:44
    subscription services aren't able to use
  • 00:02:46
    their product, which I suspect a lot of
  • 00:02:48
    them are, they're going to start losing.
  • 00:02:50
    So, this is why they're like giving
  • 00:02:51
    those people feature updates and
  • 00:02:53
    security updates until, of course, 2028.
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    And when that time comes, they're hoping
  • 00:02:57
    that hopefully these people have
  • 00:02:59
    switched over to 11 or maybe even
  • 00:03:00
    Windows 12 by that point, dude. You
  • 00:03:02
    never know. So, of course, Microsoft
  • 00:03:04
    will continue to provide security
  • 00:03:08
    intelligence updates for Windows
  • 00:03:09
    Defender Antivirus on Windows 10 through
  • 00:03:12
    October 2028. Now, you might be like,
  • 00:03:14
    doesn't that conflict with 0.1? And no,
  • 00:03:17
    it doesn't because in 0.1 they say like
  • 00:03:19
    regular security updates, yada yada
  • 00:03:20
    yada, but generally speaking, anytime
  • 00:03:22
    you install Windows, you have Windows
  • 00:03:24
    Defender. and they're going to give you
  • 00:03:26
    all of those updates till 2028 because I
  • 00:03:29
    very much doubt that Microsoft wants to
  • 00:03:31
    be in a situation where a whole bunch of
  • 00:03:34
    YouTubers, news people like are all
  • 00:03:36
    going to laugh at them when they find
  • 00:03:38
    out, "Holy [ __ ] guys, you're on Windows
  • 00:03:40
    10. Congratulations. You're not going to
  • 00:03:41
    get [ __ ] at end of life." Okay,
  • 00:03:44
    there's a reason why you can't connect
  • 00:03:46
    things like Windows XP to the internet
  • 00:03:47
    without any form of condoms on your
  • 00:03:49
    routers or your system. Because just by
  • 00:03:52
    connecting Windows XP or even older
  • 00:03:54
    versions of Windows right now, I made a
  • 00:03:57
    video on it. Plenty of other YouTubers
  • 00:03:58
    have made videos on it. Eric Parker made
  • 00:04:00
    a good video on it. He kind of broke the
  • 00:04:02
    news. Uh yeah, tons of like crazy botn
  • 00:04:05
    nets and hackers just look for Windows
  • 00:04:06
    systems at EOL and infect the [ __ ] out
  • 00:04:09
    of them and put them into botn nets and
  • 00:04:11
    use them for nefarious purposes, which
  • 00:04:13
    is something that could happen to even
  • 00:04:15
    Windows 10 or Windows 11 like 10 15
  • 00:04:18
    years later when it's EOL. You know,
  • 00:04:21
    some person with a really old computer
  • 00:04:22
    decides to connect it on the internet
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    and realizes, "Oh [ __ ] we're getting
  • 00:04:27
    taken advantage of." Now, uh, one of the
  • 00:04:28
    reasons why I guess sort of companies
  • 00:04:31
    kind of like got into how Microsoft lost
  • 00:04:33
    a little bit was also some so some
  • 00:04:36
    people are saying that Windows straight
  • 00:04:38
    up said that they're powering over a
  • 00:04:40
    billion monthly active devices. And you
  • 00:04:43
    might be like, why does that statement
  • 00:04:45
    really mean anything, Muda? Well,
  • 00:04:46
    according to some people who basically
  • 00:04:48
    cover Windows for a living, quietly
  • 00:04:51
    apparently implied that a lot of people
  • 00:04:53
    are actually abandoning Windows. Okay,
  • 00:04:56
    so they actually used to say that
  • 00:04:58
    Windows was running on 1.4 billion
  • 00:05:00
    devices. Now, the thing is for a lot of
  • 00:05:03
    these companies, and I'll just straight
  • 00:05:04
    up say it, that number is super
  • 00:05:06
    important to them. Okay? It's like it's
  • 00:05:08
    like the holy grail. All right? That is
  • 00:05:10
    like the biggest flex to all of their
  • 00:05:12
    competition. As long as any company can
  • 00:05:14
    say, "We support so- and so device. We
  • 00:05:16
    have so and so many users, it's the
  • 00:05:18
    ultimate dick swinging party to any of
  • 00:05:20
    these companies." So, I doubt that
  • 00:05:22
    Microsoft just like conveniently rounded
  • 00:05:24
    down. It's like talking about your dick
  • 00:05:26
    size, okay? You don't round down. If
  • 00:05:28
    anything, you round up if you can. So,
  • 00:05:30
    it's a it's a quiet wonder of like, is
  • 00:05:33
    Microsoft actually losing? But did they
  • 00:05:35
    lose like 400 million people? I'm going
  • 00:05:38
    to probably wager no. I don't think 400
  • 00:05:40
    million people have just stopped using
  • 00:05:42
    Windows out of nowhere. The thing about
  • 00:05:44
    Windows is it's entrenched. And one of
  • 00:05:47
    the reasons why this is important to me
  • 00:05:49
    is that obviously Windows is not top dog
  • 00:05:51
    anymore. I would say the best the last
  • 00:05:54
    good version of Windows in my opinion
  • 00:05:56
    was probably Windows 7. Okay. Anything
  • 00:05:58
    after that I has has felt like a fart in
  • 00:06:01
    the wind. You know, Windows 8 [ __ ]
  • 00:06:03
    sucked. Windows 10 was like, "All right,
  • 00:06:05
    you're giving me Windows 8 without all
  • 00:06:06
    the dog [ __ ] attached to it." And then
  • 00:06:08
    Windows 11 is just kind of um uh you
  • 00:06:12
    like AI, we like AI, we hope you like
  • 00:06:14
    AI, let's just shove as much AI [ __ ] as
  • 00:06:17
    we can into this system. And I really
  • 00:06:19
    feel like a lot of these big tech
  • 00:06:20
    companies like AI is just a sort of like
  • 00:06:22
    weird uh business that they're all just
  • 00:06:24
    running after. Okay, I'm not somebody
  • 00:06:26
    that's a lite. I think AI can be cool.
  • 00:06:28
    Uh there's a lot of stuff that I was
  • 00:06:30
    reading where like you know people were
  • 00:06:32
    making these AIs like these students
  • 00:06:33
    that were like diagnosing people with
  • 00:06:35
    like uh I think it was malaria faster
  • 00:06:38
    than like doctors could inadvertently
  • 00:06:40
    saving a lot of lives. In a lot of
  • 00:06:42
    cases, I think in the medical field, AI
  • 00:06:43
    is pretty cool. But then again, I
  • 00:06:45
    remember that AI is also used to, you
  • 00:06:47
    know, target civilians and military
  • 00:06:49
    applications. I also really understand
  • 00:06:52
    that AI is used to steal from the artist
  • 00:06:54
    and then replace them without their
  • 00:06:56
    consent. Uh, just because that's how a
  • 00:06:59
    lot of AI models work, right? You know,
  • 00:07:01
    a lot of these big companies like
  • 00:07:03
    Anthropic, like Meta, like Microsoft,
  • 00:07:05
    you know, a lot of them allegedly will
  • 00:07:07
    just download pirated content. You know,
  • 00:07:10
    stuff that me and you would get a
  • 00:07:12
    [ __ ] nasty letter in the mail for,
  • 00:07:14
    maybe even civil like litigation. But
  • 00:07:17
    these companies can basically pirate,
  • 00:07:19
    use the pirated media as fair use
  • 00:07:22
    training material for AIS, and then when
  • 00:07:25
    they get pinned for the piracy, they're
  • 00:07:27
    really just paying a fine they knew they
  • 00:07:29
    had to pay anyways. Remember, piracy
  • 00:07:31
    really isn't a crime, I guess. Uh, as
  • 00:07:33
    long as you're rich enough, okay? Like,
  • 00:07:35
    as long as you can pay the [ __ ] civil
  • 00:07:37
    penalty. What does it even matter? You
  • 00:07:40
    know what I mean? Who gives a [ __ ] But
  • 00:07:42
    anyways, I'm getting a little bit too
  • 00:07:43
    ahead of myself. The thing with
  • 00:07:45
    Microsoft kind of admitting this failure
  • 00:07:47
    right now is is actually good because it
  • 00:07:50
    really shows that they're not the top
  • 00:07:51
    dog. Okay? It used to be back when XP,
  • 00:07:53
    Vista, 7, uh, all the way up to 10,
  • 00:07:56
    people used Windows because that's
  • 00:07:58
    really all that could have been used.
  • 00:08:00
    Microsoft was at an advantage. If you
  • 00:08:02
    were a PC gamer, if you were anybody
  • 00:08:04
    that wasn't using a Mac, Windows was the
  • 00:08:06
    only viable alternative. Linux existed
  • 00:08:09
    since the beginning, since the
  • 00:08:11
    inception, but it's never really been a
  • 00:08:13
    mature option up until very recently
  • 00:08:16
    where the average user can convert to it
  • 00:08:18
    and not feel the level of friction they
  • 00:08:21
    once did, right? That's the important
  • 00:08:22
    part about this, right? That's the
  • 00:08:24
    important part about this technological
  • 00:08:26
    like gap that we're having here. Now,
  • 00:08:28
    that gap is really tiny. Now, if you
  • 00:08:30
    want to use Windows or you want to use
  • 00:08:32
    Linux, aides from a few professionals
  • 00:08:34
    with certain specific applications, like
  • 00:08:35
    people that are locked into Adobe or,
  • 00:08:38
    you know, God, you have to use Microsoft
  • 00:08:40
    Office. Even though I really feel like
  • 00:08:42
    Microsoft Office is only pushed because
  • 00:08:45
    big companies pay for subscriptions and
  • 00:08:47
    they just force that onto the user. I
  • 00:08:49
    have never [ __ ] with Office since high
  • 00:08:51
    school, since my first job. Ever since,
  • 00:08:55
    I would say after 2010, 2011, we've just
  • 00:08:58
    been Google Doc users here. Okay. And
  • 00:09:00
    that's just pretty much the family we're
  • 00:09:01
    locked into. So, yeah, it's just it's
  • 00:09:05
    one of those things where obviously the
  • 00:09:06
    competition is here, the choice is here.
  • 00:09:08
    You know, it is what it is. Now, one of
  • 00:09:11
    the things that I kind of wanted to talk
  • 00:09:12
    a little bit about this stuff with
  • 00:09:13
    Microsoft is why has Windows basically
  • 00:09:16
    been the dominant operating system? You
  • 00:09:19
    know, for a while, if you went to the
  • 00:09:20
    store, you went to Best Buy, right?
  • 00:09:23
    Like, your only other option was picking
  • 00:09:25
    up a MacBook, which, you know, Apple's
  • 00:09:26
    been around forever. And you know, I was
  • 00:09:28
    somebody that made a Porsche Mac. If you
  • 00:09:31
    remember that video from like three
  • 00:09:32
    years ago, I built a Mac that was better
  • 00:09:34
    than I would say most of the Macs you
  • 00:09:36
    could buy uh for a fraction of the
  • 00:09:37
    price. And I used that through a virtual
  • 00:09:39
    machine hackintosh method. Now, ever
  • 00:09:42
    since Apple switched their processors to
  • 00:09:44
    Mrocessors, their own stuff that was
  • 00:09:46
    really good, everybody in the industry
  • 00:09:48
    is trying to slowly copy them. In fact,
  • 00:09:50
    they're so good that even me, a
  • 00:09:52
    dedicated Apple hater, actually ended up
  • 00:09:54
    buying one of these things because
  • 00:09:56
    they're just really good. And uh you
  • 00:09:58
    know, realistically, if you didn't want
  • 00:10:00
    to get an Apple, your only other option
  • 00:10:02
    was picking up a [ __ ] Chromebook.
  • 00:10:04
    Now, the thing is, Chromebooks aren't
  • 00:10:06
    even all that bad either. You know, if
  • 00:10:08
    you wanted to go to Best Buy and [ __ ]
  • 00:10:10
    you can pick up a Chromebook for 280
  • 00:10:12
    bucks. You could even install like
  • 00:10:13
    Linux. You can even install Proton and
  • 00:10:15
    play some Steam games on it. Not saying
  • 00:10:18
    the experience on this thing will
  • 00:10:19
    particularly be good, but uh you know,
  • 00:10:22
    it's an option that's available. And you
  • 00:10:24
    know, to no disrespect to the Chromebook
  • 00:10:26
    people, I'm pretty sure if you put a
  • 00:10:28
    Chromebook in front of some average
  • 00:10:29
    person and all they did was want to
  • 00:10:31
    browse the internet, you know, watch
  • 00:10:33
    some videos, they probably wouldn't give
  • 00:10:34
    a [ __ ] if it runs on Mac, if it runs on
  • 00:10:37
    Windows, if it runs on, as long as it
  • 00:10:39
    runs their browser, it's all that
  • 00:10:41
    matters, buddy. That's all they give a
  • 00:10:43
    [ __ ] about. Now, looking into
  • 00:10:45
    Microsoft's past, and this is where I
  • 00:10:46
    kind of wanted to like make this video
  • 00:10:47
    to like sort of showcase that Microsoft
  • 00:10:49
    has never been like a like a competitive
  • 00:10:52
    group, right? Microsoft has really
  • 00:10:54
    gained a lot of advantage back during
  • 00:10:56
    the days of MS DOS, the original
  • 00:10:58
    Windows, where they were the first ones
  • 00:11:00
    with a very general usable operating
  • 00:11:02
    system. But they weren't the ones with
  • 00:11:04
    the best operating system. What
  • 00:11:06
    Microsoft has always really done is
  • 00:11:08
    abuse their position to basically remain
  • 00:11:11
    dominant. Now, in capitalism, you might
  • 00:11:13
    be like, "Doesn't the best product win,
  • 00:11:14
    right? Like, doesn't the market decide
  • 00:11:16
    anything?" And you would hope for that,
  • 00:11:18
    but that's not how it works. What
  • 00:11:20
    Microsoft did before 1995 was they went
  • 00:11:23
    to the OEM. So, they went to the stores,
  • 00:11:25
    right? Like the people that would sell,
  • 00:11:27
    you know, Windows systems. Now, you
  • 00:11:29
    probably heard the concept of default.
  • 00:11:30
    I've talked about it. There's been an
  • 00:11:32
    entire lawsuit recently involving Apple
  • 00:11:34
    and Google where uh Google was paying
  • 00:11:36
    like Apple billions of dollars to be the
  • 00:11:38
    default search engine on their phone.
  • 00:11:40
    Now, I showed you in a video a couple
  • 00:11:42
    days ago with PewDiePie, you know,
  • 00:11:44
    self-hosting that you could run
  • 00:11:45
    something called Seer XNG locally on
  • 00:11:48
    your system and get a better Google
  • 00:11:50
    experience without the ads and the
  • 00:11:51
    tracking. Now, of course, what'll happen
  • 00:11:54
    right here is Microsoft was basically
  • 00:11:56
    the first progenitor of that. So before
  • 00:11:58
    1995, the OEMs, so your companies that
  • 00:12:01
    would build your laptop, so HP, Acer,
  • 00:12:04
    you know, uh, Asus, a lot of these
  • 00:12:06
    companies you went to to buy your
  • 00:12:07
    pre-builds, Microsoft would basically
  • 00:12:09
    charge them a license fee for every
  • 00:12:12
    computer that they would sell,
  • 00:12:14
    regardless if those systems even had
  • 00:12:16
    Windows installed on it or not. And what
  • 00:12:18
    that meant was if you were paying money
  • 00:12:19
    to Microsoft anyways as a fee, why the
  • 00:12:22
    [ __ ] would you install Linux for free or
  • 00:12:24
    you know other competitors at the time
  • 00:12:26
    would be like what OS/2 why would you do
  • 00:12:29
    it? You would have to pay Microsoft
  • 00:12:30
    anyways. And it wasn't until the United
  • 00:12:33
    States government and Microsoft went to
  • 00:12:34
    a court case in 1994 that that was
  • 00:12:37
    considered anti-competitive because you
  • 00:12:39
    were actually stifling the choice from
  • 00:12:41
    the user. you didn't even give your
  • 00:12:43
    competition a chance when you could use
  • 00:12:45
    your money to butt [ __ ] your way to the
  • 00:12:48
    top. Now, of course, after all this,
  • 00:12:50
    OEMs even were pressured by Microsoft to
  • 00:12:53
    just straight up install Windows and
  • 00:12:56
    sometimes exclusively in these systems
  • 00:12:58
    too, right? And what would happen is
  • 00:12:59
    like let's say you were an OEM and you
  • 00:13:01
    were like, "What if we want to give the
  • 00:13:02
    choice Microsoft? What if we want to
  • 00:13:04
    install like Abuntu or something?"
  • 00:13:06
    Microsoft would be like, "No, you have
  • 00:13:08
    one choice. You can either have us the
  • 00:13:10
    dominant platform or we can just walk
  • 00:13:12
    away, right? They wouldn't even allow
  • 00:13:15
    you to dual boot systems, right? So,
  • 00:13:18
    they wouldn't even sell you a two
  • 00:13:19
    operating system option. You know, they
  • 00:13:21
    wouldn't even give the user the chance
  • 00:13:23
    to even learn that competition existed,
  • 00:13:26
    right? Imagine if you fired up your
  • 00:13:27
    system and you saw Windows or Linux or a
  • 00:13:30
    flavor of it. You could have a choice
  • 00:13:32
    between which one you wanted to use. You
  • 00:13:34
    might actually give Linux a try back
  • 00:13:36
    then and you might be like, "Maybe I can
  • 00:13:38
    make this work. It's better. It just
  • 00:13:40
    works for me." But you never had the
  • 00:13:42
    chance. Now, one of the really [ __ ]
  • 00:13:44
    things that I saw in this situation was
  • 00:13:46
    like in my research was that back in the
  • 00:13:49
    I don't even know this, but during the
  • 00:13:51
    Windows 8 era, some of the OEM
  • 00:13:53
    agreements had it where like because of
  • 00:13:55
    secure boot, which was a part of the
  • 00:13:57
    UEFI motherboard, literally Microsoft
  • 00:14:00
    had mandated that to be enabled by
  • 00:14:02
    default, which basically meant that in
  • 00:14:03
    certain cases, if you were Linux or
  • 00:14:05
    another operating system that wasn't
  • 00:14:06
    secure boot capable, you weren't even
  • 00:14:09
    running. It wasn't straightforward to
  • 00:14:10
    even install your competition. So after
  • 00:14:13
    1994, Microsoft still decided to
  • 00:14:16
    actually stifle the competition. And
  • 00:14:18
    while it was, you know, outlawed or, you
  • 00:14:20
    know, it was regulated that they
  • 00:14:21
    couldn't do that per processor uh
  • 00:14:23
    licensing, what happened later was that
  • 00:14:25
    they had minimum commitment contracts.
  • 00:14:27
    So let's say that you were a OEM and
  • 00:14:30
    Microsoft would just be like, "All
  • 00:14:31
    right, you have to purchase a certain
  • 00:14:32
    amount of Windows licenses." And it
  • 00:14:34
    wasn't like, "Hey, we're making, you
  • 00:14:36
    know, 400 computers. We're selling 400
  • 00:14:38
    computers. Can we only have 400?" No,
  • 00:14:40
    you have to buy like 800 licenses or
  • 00:14:42
    some insane amount so that you were just
  • 00:14:44
    basically pushing this license on as
  • 00:14:46
    many systems that you were selling as
  • 00:14:48
    possible. Again, if you were a
  • 00:14:49
    competitor like Linux or any competitor,
  • 00:14:52
    you never had a chance, especially at
  • 00:14:55
    the store where most of the normies
  • 00:14:57
    would go and buy their systems. Of
  • 00:14:59
    course, even beyond all of it, you would
  • 00:15:01
    end up having like this all or nothing
  • 00:15:03
    model where Microsoft would basically
  • 00:15:05
    say for your entire lineup of computers.
  • 00:15:07
    You have to sell Windows, not just a
  • 00:15:10
    specific set, all of your systems. Look,
  • 00:15:13
    the point is Microsoft never succeeded
  • 00:15:15
    anywhere because they generally made the
  • 00:15:18
    best product. Um, they won because they
  • 00:15:20
    were able to use their capital and their
  • 00:15:22
    connections to basically force
  • 00:15:24
    themselves into your computer, right?
  • 00:15:26
    they were able to force the system to
  • 00:15:29
    only provide you this option, right?
  • 00:15:31
    Because that's just the reality. This
  • 00:15:33
    was never a situation where the best
  • 00:15:34
    product always won. Microsoft has always
  • 00:15:37
    used its power and leverage in history
  • 00:15:39
    to force itself onto the user base.
  • 00:15:41
    Except now things are a little bit
  • 00:15:43
    different. I feel like there's a wave of
  • 00:15:45
    people that are building their own
  • 00:15:46
    systems. And even if you go to big
  • 00:15:47
    vendors like Lenovo who sell ThinkPads,
  • 00:15:50
    which are probably after MacBooks, some
  • 00:15:52
    of the most common laptops that I see
  • 00:15:54
    out in the world have options for you to
  • 00:15:56
    buy Linux systems. And we looked at
  • 00:15:58
    their pricing models, right? Like when
  • 00:16:00
    you remove Windows, you end up having an
  • 00:16:02
    extra like what $200 to $300 that you
  • 00:16:04
    could then put towards better hardware.
  • 00:16:06
    So you can get a better laptop as
  • 00:16:09
    opposed to paying $200 to $300 for a
  • 00:16:12
    Windows license that if you really
  • 00:16:14
    wanted Windows, you could just download
  • 00:16:16
    it from their storefront and just deal
  • 00:16:17
    with a watermark or just go on GitHub
  • 00:16:20
    and find a script or something that
  • 00:16:21
    could get rid of that for you. But I'm
  • 00:16:23
    going to leave that for a different
  • 00:16:24
    video. And that would just be how things
  • 00:16:27
    work. I think what I've kind of learned
  • 00:16:29
    about this too is like in the last year
  • 00:16:31
    or two, right? Like talking about Linux
  • 00:16:33
    has kind of been like, you know, just me
  • 00:16:35
    being like a prepper just screaming into
  • 00:16:36
    the heavens about this competition that
  • 00:16:39
    exists. But, you know, ever since like
  • 00:16:40
    Steam OS has become a thing, the Steam
  • 00:16:42
    Deck has been one of the best pieces of
  • 00:16:44
    hardware you can buy in gaming, right?
  • 00:16:46
    Like to me, it's either you know, you
  • 00:16:48
    pick up this or you get like a Nintendo
  • 00:16:49
    Switch. There are other options, but
  • 00:16:51
    generally speaking, even if you don't
  • 00:16:53
    want the deck, you can buy any of these
  • 00:16:55
    other handheld devices and install Steam
  • 00:16:57
    OS and seemingly get a better
  • 00:16:59
    experience. And just for Linux users,
  • 00:17:01
    there's so many more advancements that
  • 00:17:03
    have happened in just like the last few
  • 00:17:05
    weeks alone that have made it a viable
  • 00:17:07
    alternative for gamers. And I'm sure
  • 00:17:09
    with the amount of effort that's
  • 00:17:11
    happened into gaming, there's going to
  • 00:17:12
    be enough effort put into getting other
  • 00:17:14
    software and other things to run
  • 00:17:16
    eventually making that gap between
  • 00:17:17
    Windows and Linux completely like you
  • 00:17:21
    know completely invisible at that point.
  • 00:17:23
    And the thing with like Linux is like
  • 00:17:25
    obviously it's an open- source platform
  • 00:17:27
    and you know you don't have to deal with
  • 00:17:28
    like end of life nonsense. As long as
  • 00:17:30
    you have capable hardware and Linux
  • 00:17:32
    supports a broad set of hardware, you
  • 00:17:35
    should basically be fine. And the thing
  • 00:17:37
    about it is it's like obviously
  • 00:17:38
    something that is open- source and
  • 00:17:39
    something that is freeing should be
  • 00:17:41
    endorsed by I think a majority of
  • 00:17:43
    people. You know, Microsoft Windows is
  • 00:17:46
    fine and it used to be the only choice
  • 00:17:48
    we had. But the world runs on open
  • 00:17:50
    source. Even without Linux, Microsoft's
  • 00:17:53
    own money-making services wouldn't be
  • 00:17:56
    existing. Okay? And that's the thing.
  • 00:17:58
    The world being run by open- source
  • 00:18:00
    technologies is not a new concept.
  • 00:18:02
    You're watching this video on YouTube.
  • 00:18:04
    guaranteed this is running on a Linux
  • 00:18:06
    instance on a server powered entirely by
  • 00:18:09
    Linux. And the thing is it used to be
  • 00:18:11
    the only option for servers and still
  • 00:18:13
    is. But for the desktop user, for you
  • 00:18:16
    and I, you know, we finally have an
  • 00:18:18
    option to have something that decouples
  • 00:18:20
    us from Microsoft's predatory licensing,
  • 00:18:22
    Microsoft's operating system. And for
  • 00:18:25
    the first time, because they actually
  • 00:18:26
    have had competition, they've had to
  • 00:18:28
    publicly state, "Yeah, we're going we're
  • 00:18:30
    going to have to readjust the way we do
  • 00:18:32
    Windows. we're going to have to like
  • 00:18:33
    debloat Windows. I mean, for [ __ ]
  • 00:18:35
    sake, when it comes to gaming, they
  • 00:18:37
    finally admitted because of Steam OS,
  • 00:18:39
    because of the advancements in Linux
  • 00:18:41
    that they're not top dog. In fact, if
  • 00:18:43
    anything, Microsoft is actually the
  • 00:18:45
    worst option for certain games. And uh
  • 00:18:48
    because of that, they had to actually
  • 00:18:50
    deal with the competition and attempt at
  • 00:18:53
    this point to create a better product.
  • 00:18:54
    Now, will they do that? I don't know.
  • 00:18:57
    I'm excited to see what they do. But uh
  • 00:18:59
    yeah, going forward, you finally have an
  • 00:19:01
    option. And it's just it's it's actually
  • 00:19:04
    vindicating as a Linux user to see like
  • 00:19:07
    Microsoft squirm and actually admit
  • 00:19:09
    losses and not only admit losses, but
  • 00:19:11
    also admit that people aren't just
  • 00:19:13
    switching over to 11. You know, there's
  • 00:19:15
    there's a lot of people that are
  • 00:19:16
    actually looking at this like upgrade as
  • 00:19:19
    the final like fork in the road for them
  • 00:19:21
    to actually switch over to the Penguin
  • 00:19:23
    or even switch over to Apple, right?
  • 00:19:25
    like there's a lot of people that would
  • 00:19:26
    be willing to switch just there.
  • 00:19:28
    Microsoft has genuinely ruined their
  • 00:19:31
    system over the course of several years.
  • 00:19:33
    And maybe a lot of that has had to do
  • 00:19:35
    with like them chasing AI or them
  • 00:19:37
    chasing like a whole bunch of different
  • 00:19:39
    things. But you know, they've ignored
  • 00:19:42
    the actual core Windows experience. And
  • 00:19:45
    it's because of that that uh you know
  • 00:19:47
    because your competition has finally
  • 00:19:48
    caught up because you've got big
  • 00:19:50
    companies like Valve, Apple, really any
  • 00:19:52
    company that's pushing you know Linux
  • 00:19:54
    further than it used to be.
  • 00:19:57
    it times be a change. And I wanted to
  • 00:20:01
    talk about it because I feel like the
  • 00:20:02
    more you guys learn about the history of
  • 00:20:04
    Microsoft, the more you realize why it's
  • 00:20:05
    here. You know that it's not a
  • 00:20:07
    merit-based win. It's just Microsoft
  • 00:20:10
    abusing the legal like system and
  • 00:20:12
    abusing their relationship with OEMs
  • 00:20:14
    that has got them where they're at. It's
  • 00:20:16
    not because they're good. It's because
  • 00:20:18
    they just had more money to play with.
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