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Your POV is laughable. ๐
Don't you know that everybody has that one friend, nephew, neighbor, colleague etc. that they ask for advice when buying a new laptop?
I am one of those friends, nephews, neighbors that helps out in such situations. I don't sit on my high Linux cloud smartassing average people to throw away that little bit of tech literacy they've gathered over the years while using Win and Win related software for a Linux learning experience they don't want.
I help them out to save money and still get what they need.
As for people that don't have such a person, they won't be saving money to get an OS they've never heard of. They'll get the option with Win installed. If anyone thinks differently, obviously has no contact with regular people outside of tech. ๐
"Do a favor to somebody and it becomes your job".
Welcome to a lifetime of free tech support.
People find ways to make it up to you. My circle of friends and relatives, everyone has a different skill set and we help out each other. As for the freeloaders, we got rid of them long ago.
Right back at ya champ ๐
I was that guy and did front line tech support for a few years, and still do when I have to.
Plenty don't, or can only rely on their work IT guy who may or may not be able to help them. Assuming they have an IT guy and haven't farmed the work out to an MSP who doesn't always have the time to help.
Just because your limited life experience says it doesn't happen, that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.