alt Hacker News> Hmm... Let's try reframing this: "as much as it seems beloved here, people that install their own operating systems on PCs are the very definition of niche users"
I mean yeah, 99% of people never installed an OS and never will, what's your point here?
> 99% of people never installed an OS and never will, what's your point here?
That the 1% who do build visicalc, Linux, the internet, Google, and every application and innovation that happens outside the corporate wall. The entire ecosystem everyone else ends up using.
And that calling that niche is ridiculous, shortsighted, and shooting oneself as a platform owner in the foot.