• @Aux
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    04 months ago

    Windows is free though.

    • @[email protected]
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      24 months ago

      Oh no, the manufacturer of any computer with a windows license paid for it and passed that cost to you. You paid for it.

    • @TheGrandNagus
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      14 months ago

      It literally isn’t.

      Even if you pirate it, you still pay with the immense amount of data they take, even if you opt out of a bunch of it (which you can only do temporarily anyway).

      • @Aux
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        04 months ago

        They don’t take any data, that’s a myth.

    • thejevans
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      14 months ago

      Windows 11 Pro is $200. There are ways to get it cheaper, but that is what Microsoft charges for it…and they still collect a bunch of data and serve you a bunch of ads.

      • @Aux
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        -14 months ago

        Microsoft doesn’t serve you anything and doesn’t collect anything.

      • @[email protected]
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        -14 months ago

        I’m never touching Windows 11, but it’s… free. I’ve installed it on computers for folks upon request. You just use an activator and debloater.