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[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I simply don't get this mentality. I'm sure you do realize, that companies such as Microsoft still operate in Russia. You think all people over there are running Linux? Aside from how unbelievably stupid your take is, guess they are traitors too. But you'll still keep using their OS and Office suite for millenia to come.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

MS stopped selling licenses last year and blocked the ones operating this year (non renewal). But I get your point, only not all the big companies stayed

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're assuming Russians pay for MS licenses michael-laugh

(Note: I'm not saying that's a bad thing, just that piracy is rampant in Russia)

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pirates are my favorite living russians.

We are a FitGirl household here.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Uncritical support for FitGirl. Unless they're a transphobe like Empress, I guess.

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think she is as she has cut off all relation to empress after one of her outbursts

[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What exactly did they block? You can still buy any Microsoft product in Russia, your online subscriptions are still billed in rubles, you can pay them from any card Visa or Mastercard accept. As of now there are no problems at all with Microsoft products in Russia.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pressanykeynow@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry, don't get your point. A company may say one thing like Burger King said they will dump Russia. The reality at least currently with both Burger King and Microsoft is another thing.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

Since I'm not living in Russia I can't tell you what exactly is happening there but I can read what they told the world (with no one telling it's false)

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Russia did have larger linux adoption. It's not unheard of for countries to be (in my opinion baselessly) suspicious that microsoft contains american spyware.

[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They surely do, but none of the Russians or Ukrainians I know have ever heard of Linux.

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

looking into it there is a russian version of linux that is widely used by the Russian government and it's trying to push wider civilian adoption

[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's honestly great! Now we need the same here in the EU.

Edit: sleepy brain wrote Europe instead of EU

[–] usernamesaredifficul@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Most of it is in Asia but I agree, should have phrased that better. European Union is what I meant :)

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

MS stopped selling licenses last year

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

That must be why they finally killed hwidgen