OS Superiority Debate

Comments debate the usability, user-friendliness, and respect for users across operating systems like Linux, Windows, and macOS, frequently urging dissatisfied users to switch to Linux or another OS that better suits their needs.

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Sample Comments

nix23 • Jul 29, 2020 • View on HN

Why are you even interested in Operating Systems with that attitude? Just use Windows and MacOS and leave other peoples use what they wanna use or produce.

cynicalsecurity • Jun 12, 2025 • View on HN

Why use Apple or Windows at all if they are so user-hostile? (I’m a Linux user.)

yepthatsreality • Oct 22, 2021 • View on HN

Alot of what you wrote is true for MacOS and Windows and other major operating systems. Linux doesn't want you either.

bhhaskin • Dec 23, 2025 • View on HN

This sounds great on paper, but what happens when the OS isn't working for the user like Windows?

the_gipsy • Dec 11, 2022 • View on HN

Well maybe it's time to switch to a OS that does what the user wants.

saagarjha • Aug 27, 2020 • View on HN

Perhaps they aren't particularly font of you calling their OS unusable.

fishtacos • Oct 22, 2021 • View on HN

Pointing out deficiencies in other OS's does not make one an MS bot.

adamnemecek • Sep 23, 2019 • View on HN

You can't expect people to use your os.

Liquix • Apr 3, 2022 • View on HN

It's also worth trying an OS which respects you as a user (such as GNU/Linux)

cachestash • May 30, 2020 • View on HN

He should honesty consider using a different operating system one thing.