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Most of the things you say are missing are installed by default, though some require you to know how to use the command line. Which reminds me…how do you install the Netflix app on Linux? I’d like to watch some shows on my new laptop while I’m on the train.
Yeah, but can you do it offline/without an active internet connection - the preinstalled windows Netflix app can.
You fail to acknowledge that only a tiny fraction of PC users do anything resembling coding. The average user never ever needs a markdown editor or a C compiler.
Office365 is 100% installed on Windows, to a fault. The average and above average use dgaf about all that other stuff.
I'd almost buy that as an argument if Windows wasn't 90% bloat. So much built in adware, and they allow OEMs to ship with their own adware on top as well.
Whoa hey, what about Xbox something-the-fuck and candy crush? I bet your Linix doesn't have that!
Powershell.
Last I checked, it does indeed have its own PDF Reader, whois tool, FTP client and screen recorder. It has a C compiler available but not installed by default.