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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

..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 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhiteHotaru@feddit.de 2 points 6 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.