They didn't disrupt anything.
They exported labor and exploited people from poorer countries more and faster than the historical ISPs which still had a strong local grounding and historic background as state agencies.
They were also the first ISP providing a service by using the ground networks of the other providers, so they built nothing.
And of course, after getting a lot marketshare with low prices, they have been riqing them again for the past 10 years.
The good news is, it's easy to try and see for yourself ;)
Head over to an easy distro (like Linux Mint or Ubuntu for example) and create a live USB. Boot your computer on that USB, try the live environment.
You'll see if your hardware works as expected. If it does, you're golden, you can proceed to install and have zero problem down the road.
If it doesn't, and you don't feel like troubleshooting to make it work, you can just remove the USB stick, reboot your computer and continue using Windows.
Mileage varies a lot while using Linux. It's really great these days, but there are always some edge cases.
I use Linux on my gaming desktop, and it crashes often because part of my pleasure is trying out stuff, breaking my install and do it all over again.
I also use Linux on my work laptop, and it has not crashed once in 4 years.
I wanted to install Linux on my SO's laptop because they liked the idea. I tried the live environment, never managed to get the wifi card to work, gave up, and they still use windows. When the laptop dies, the replacement will probably be a refurbished thinkpad where everything usually works out of the box.
All in all, it's always been worth it to me: my laptop is faster and more stable than those of my colleagues, I don't have to deal with Microsoft's bullshit, I don't come late to meetings because my computer was updating...
My gaming desktop is my fun machine, I've learned a lot on it and when I just want to game I roll back to a stable snapshot.
Also, don't underestimate the representation issues. I think that people who have trouble with a Linux install have the reflex to ask online on Lemmy, Reddit or forums, while people who have trouble with their Windows install just live with it or bring it back to the shop.
I'm really bad at them - I usually get the "clickbait" title in CS2 ^^
And it's still a stress relief method, and I'm still anti gun, anti violence and I (most of the time) don't act put of anger.
I don't think you understand how hard and resource-intensive it is to fight against the nipple crowd. I for one am grateful that they chose to do something about the real issues ! Yes, a world with free nazis is kind of a bother, but most of us would survive. Can you imagine the horror of a world with free nipples ? We would all be doomed, that's for sure.
/big s
So we replace the latest straight incompetent piece of shit with a gay incompetent piece of shit. I guess it's good for gay visibility and I hope it'll bring intolerant behaviour down.
As for the youngest part, Macron is our youngest president and has been hell-bent on destroying our social system and having the far-right rise for the past 7 years and shows no sign of becoming smarter.
They still miss the "declare here the wages you stole"