• Zuberi 👀
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    -810 months ago

    I mean… Linux does solve the problem described. Why pay for a platform with the problem when the solution is free?

      • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        110 months ago

        You’ve never bought a laptop with Windows?

        But aside from that, even if you downloaded an ISO then cracked it, you’re still paying for it in the same way you pay for Google services - with your personal information.

        • Stantana
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          510 months ago

          Most people who think Windows came with the computer for free don’t know that the licence cost is baked into the total cost.

      • @cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        In Soviet Russia, Windows pay for you!

        Edit: also…fix you!

        Edit: I wonder which is the bigger threat to the average Russian: windows or Ween-dows PeeCee…? You decide