I no longer help friends and family with Windows issues

I mostly agree with Adële, in her latest blog post. Helping people with their Windows or macOS usage is a vicious dependence reinforcement incentive. It'd be like advising a friend on how to set up an account on "X" or on Meta's "Threads", instead of showing him INLEO first

"For years, I was the go-to person whenever a friend or family member had a computer issue. Whether it was a slow system, mysterious pop-ups, unsupported hardware after system update, or software not behaving as expected, I would spend hours troubleshooting and fixing things. But not any more, at least not if the system in question runs Windows (or macOS)

The primary reason I’ve stopped offering tech support for Windows and macOS is simple: they are closed, proprietary systems that take control away from users"

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