I think a big part of it is that many people dont realize there are alternatives or dont understand the potential benefits those alts could provide.
Id heard of Ubuntu and Linux and such before joining lemmy, but it just seemed so irrelevant to my own experience with tech/my tech needs that hearing about their existence was the end of it. I imagine there are many, many other people who are, more than anything, just unaware that they could have better.
I think a big part of it is that many people dont realize there are alternatives or dont understand the potential benefits those alts could provide.
Id heard of Ubuntu and Linux and such before joining lemmy, but it just seemed so irrelevant to my own experience with tech/my tech needs that hearing about their existence was the end of it. I imagine there are many, many other people who are, more than anything, just unaware that they could have better.