• buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    No it’s worse. Tying the OS and GUI together to the extent they are in modern post-95 Windows is a major cause of the learned helplessness OP is talking about

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      1 year ago

      Maybe but I can’t personally blame someone for improving their product and throwing away DOS entirely.

      They ditched DOS with XP, so ≈22 years ago.