I was eating some chocolate when I imagined a world where Hershey’s was widely accepted, even by elitists, as the best chocolate.

Is consumer elitism just a facade for pretentious contrarians? Or are there things where even most snobs agree with the masses?

Also, I mean that the product is intrinsically considered to be the best option. I’m not considering social products where the user network makes the experience.

Edit: I was not eating Hershey’s. Hershey’s being the best chocolate is a bizarro universe in this hypothetical.

    • otacon239@lemmy.world
      11·
      24 days ago

      You’re right. You can’t have your cake and eat it too. But for those few games that don’t run you get:

      • A truly FREE OS
      • No data tracking
      • No advertisements
      • No OneDrive
      • No forced updates
      • Complete control over your system, including visuals
      • Tons of FOSS

      Computers are more than video game machines. I made the final switch away from Windows because I wanted to be treated like a person, not a customer.

      It’s a lot more about philosophy than functionality. When something doesn’t work in Linux, I know it’s a genuine mistake someone made and that it wasn’t intentional. M$ has infinite money and they can’t even figure out how to keep the Sleep function working while at the same time forcing you to sign up for an account that they can choose to cancel for any reason whenever they feel like.

      You don’t own your PC on Windows.

        • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          71·
          24 days ago
          • There are entire communities ready to prove you wrong on the piracy issue, also you can just windows games through WINE/Proton or a virtual enviornment
          • Nothing to hide has been and will always be a farce of an argument. Be proactive so you don’t feel trapped in surveillance.
          • Congrats, on a firefox-derived browser with Ublock origin (or a Chromium-derived browser like Helium with Ublock origin), you’ll see even less ads!
          • shame
          • wow, how dismissive
          • That’s why there’s so many distros to choose from, with some explicitly immutable to prevent said risks (at the cost of reducing the amount of customization possible, similar to Windows restrictions)
          • double shame
            • MesaOP
              8·
              24 days ago

              Can you honestly say that you didn’t come to this thread looking for this fight?

              I dual boot Kubuntu and Windows Enterprise LTSC for the best of both worlds, at the price of a little bit of redundant storage. There’s pros and cons to both. I think being able to recognize that is all the other user was initially saying, rather than pretending like they’re not there.

              It’s also why I feel like the answer isn’t in the spirit of the question: each of the major OSes hit a different type of user, and you just admitted that the snobs and elitists mostly exist on the Linux side (and Mac), which is true.

    • YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth
      5·
      24 days ago

      I mean, if all you want is a video game box, and you don’t care about privacy, security, or customizability, Windows is more compatible, sure. I wouldn’t call it better.

      The games I enjoy (e.g. Portal 2, No Man’s Sky, Split Fiction to name a small few) all get noticeably better performance on Mint via Proton than on Windows. But games like Destiny 2, Fortnite, etc. with their invasive anti-cheats will never work on a system that respects the user’s privacy.

      So if what you want is compatibility, sure, Windows is king. But you do pay a price.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        24 days ago

        Honestly, I’ve “solved” this by accepting defeat. My gaming PC is only used for gaming, and I consider it to be roughly on par with an Xbox or Playstation or work laptop. Any data on it should be considered public.

        I do literally everything else on my Linux box, which I actually feel OK about. Yes, I could dual boot, but honestly, having my stuff airgapped from the crazy intrusive “security” is nice.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      24 days ago

      As soon as I found that three games weren’t going to work 100% on Linux, particularly Mint for example, then Linux was not going to be my choice.

      Is that because your games need a rootkit to let you play, or is it an actual incompatibility? I’ve been running Bazzite at home for over a year now with minimal issues.

      Linux may have some advantages and I like it that it is there for people to go to for whatever reason. I just hate it when there are people who’re going around just telling people what to use because they use it.

      People recommend moving away from the company that abuses it’s users and is enshittifying it’s OS to the point it’s becoming slop. And I’m not a windows hater, I support it professionally and have for over a decade. But the writing is unfortunately on the wall, so finding ways to make your system work better for you is a good idea before Microsoft really fucks you over with a bad update that bricks your system.