it frankly just seems like the sensible thing for microsoft to migrate to windows being a shell ontop of a linux base, they already rely on linux for azure and it would presumably let them ditch A LOT of old baggage
Not totally, I think? There are so many businesses that will cling to Windows forever, and even an “official” Wine distro would mess them up. Micrtosoft will milk it.
OEMs selling new consumer PCs, though? Their hands aren’t so tied, especially if they get fed up with the enshittification they don’t profit from.
it frankly just seems like the sensible thing for microsoft to migrate to windows being a shell ontop of a linux base, they already rely on linux for azure and it would presumably let them ditch A LOT of old baggage
Not totally, I think? There are so many businesses that will cling to Windows forever, and even an “official” Wine distro would mess them up. Micrtosoft will milk it.
OEMs selling new consumer PCs, though? Their hands aren’t so tied, especially if they get fed up with the enshittification they don’t profit from.