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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The needless gaps are there for touchscreen optimization, even on things you never use a touchscreen on, like a desktop OS.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

I think it's to make desktop computing more approachable for people because smartphones are so ubiquitous nowadays and used by literally all age groups, so it makes a little bit of sense I guess.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Windows, pretty much the desktop OS still would like you to drag the screen up to start a login

Dude, you detected a mouse and keyboard during setup