edit: bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone found it after I forgot to save the link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unable-to-install-updates-unless-battery-is/99bb073a-948e-4ccf-b14f-46e192fac457
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Does it solve whatever Windows problem they were having?
No? Then it is not helpful.
It is like asking for help to fix a hole in your pants, and someone replies with "just buy a skirt".
I've replied to someone having a problem with Linux to just install Windows. It is the exact same useless vibe.
Most replies are useless anyway. With linux you tend to get useful replies at least.
Well it is more like your ceiling is leaking from the apartment above and your landlord ain't doing shit. Installing Linux would be like moving out to another apartment or home. Even if it doesn't fix the leak the problem is now gone for you.
Ok, but what if the problem was that you didn't like the door color and you weren't allowed to paint it because of your landlord.
Are you still going to move your entire life to a different location?
Most problems on the Microsoft forums aren't going to explode their computers.
I don't think that's a great comparison. You're most likely never allowed to paint your door. I would say it's more like curtains, your apartment has proprietary curtain rods, that you can't put your own curtains on for some reason, so you ask all your neighbors how to change them. They respond with "have you tried opening and closing your curtains yet?", "Try vacuuming them to get the dust off". Then you finally get a hold of the landlord and they say you can't replace them.
It has to be something that is nearly fully outside your control but is affecting you, there are probably milder problems as examples but I think this apt.
In the metaphor, half of the answers are asking you to do a useless workaround, blame you and/or are irrelevant to solving the problem. Hence the leak, where the answers are telling you to try running your taps for 10 minutes, put a bucket under the leak, telling you that there is no leak and that's actually a water fountain, etc.
Are they still experiencing whatever problem they were having?
No? Then it is a solution. Not the solution, and not a possible solution for everyone, but it is a solution.
So what you are saying is that if someone has a problem with Linux, replying with "just install Windows" is a valid fix?
You "fixed" the issue by giving them 10 more problems.
Are you also giving them alternatives to all the software they use daily that isn't compatible with Linux?
What if they have hardware that is incompatible? Like Nvidea and certain printers?
You are essentially telling them to rip out everything and start anew. Which just isn't feasible or even necessary when they just have one problem.
So no, you did not fix anything.
TIL that millions are spent buying nvidia hardware but none of those companies can actually use them
Did you completely miss the part where I said "Not the solution, and not a possible solution for everyone, but it is a solution"? I don't know what you think the usual troubleshooting process is, but it doesn't start with "uninstall Windows". Obviously the user was sufficiently intelligent to consider the advantages and disadvantages of switching, and based on that information, chose a course of action that they thought was correct, and it ended up being the solution to their issue.
I don't know how else I can spell it out for you. Computer users are not dumbasses. They have agency over their own actions.
Just think, an extra long shirt can cover that hole, and we could embed a flexible display, wifi module, and a camera in the extra space. This could scan the faces of those around you, and display personalized ads! This is an excellent solution to the hole in your pants, and frankly, the only secure one.
Please don't install a camera in my hole.