• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    …that they ask you to actually pay for the privilege. Because remember, windows isn’t actually free (and you pay for it if you buy a pre-built).

    • AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      I feel it’s important to point out that you can simply not activate Windows and use it indefinitely

      Does make you wonder though where Microsoft is getting that money from

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        9 months ago

        Corporate Users. My guess is, that almost any office job where you work on a Computer has Windows as OS. You have a license for your job. The license for home usage is bonus money to Microsoft.