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Sure; originally it was about having the best graphics and OpenCL drivers for my development needs, and that I've been an MSVC user since version 5. My hate for Windows pales in comparison to things like CMake / the overarching philosophy that every bit of software needs its own configuration language and cmdline arg convention, things like that.

Around the time of Windows 7 for example, to me there was just no contest whatsoever in terms of ease of use, no shaming / cargo culting (Apple can piss right off telling me that my scroll direction is "unnatural" and pushing me to use Apple-everything, users putting stickers on their cars etc), ... Windows is just the default for people coming from a gamedev and graphics background from the 90s, for better or worse. I'm painfully aware of its shortcomings, and I don't want to champion Windows, it's just what made me hate my life least on average :)



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