• AbsolutelyNotCats
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    9310 months ago

    Just a reminder that if you’re using Windows, it’s not your property but Microsoft’s one

    • @[email protected]
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      3310 months ago

      Right but licenses for pro are £200 RRP.

      Don’t then beg me to use your services, just fuck off and let me use Windows how I want

    • @zoostation
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      1210 months ago

      No different than Chrome.

      • @[email protected]
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        1910 months ago

        They’re talking windows in general

        This goes for both chrome and bing: If a service is free, you are the product.

        • @Kbobabob
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          2710 months ago

          If a service is free, you are the product.

          Linux?

            • GigglyBobble
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              910 months ago

              True for Windows as well. Ever upgraded to a new version before the first SP? Linux just gets upgrades a lot faster than Windows (and I mean the conservative distros like Debian. Bleeding-edge distros are on a completely other level).

              • Unaware7013
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                110 months ago

                Don’t even need to upgrade, you get to test monthly if you’re not brave enough to hang a month behind.

            • @lemme_at_it
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              10 months ago

              Microsoft have been known to ship a product with thousands of known bugs on its release date. In the networking space (Windows NT), there were Technet CDs that were released to fix all manner of known bugs just so the corporates wouldn’t have to wait for a Service Pack

          • @[email protected]
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            1210 months ago

            Perhaps a better statement would be, if a for profit service is free, you are the product. Obviously it’s possible for someone to make free stuff if they want to, but if someone is making money from you using something, but you aren’t paying them, then they’re making that money by selling someone else access to you.

          • @captainlezbian
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            310 months ago

            Linux is just an advertisement to contribute to open source