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You might not be wrong, but yelling at people for accepting conveniences that most don't even understand or care about, seems a bit pointless to me. Why even stop at document formats? Why not outrage over their choice of Windows itself?

What good do you think this does? I'm genuinely curious.

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Well, according to StatsCounter, Linux now accounts for 5% of desktop users. :-)

ChromeOS another 2.7% and macOS around 24%.

edit: If I were to guess, Valve/Steam is solely responsible for at least 1 of those 5%.

> Why not outrage over their choice of Windows itself?

Because it doesn't necessarily affect anyone. Using Windows ipso facto doesn't mean you will send someone a file they can't read without a Microsoft program.

I have two Windows machines in my home; they have LibreOffice on them, as well as Firefox.

No, but I think the people most likely to be oblivious to all this, will be the ones using Microsoft programs that write in proprietary formats by default... and I would say they're not even wrong if that's what most other people use too.

People send me Outlook messages all the time that I can't read at all, and many Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations with features that aren't supported in anything on Linux. I literally have to use a Windows VM with proper Office to read this stuff. And not only work documents, but documents from my children's school/teachers as well.