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[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 13 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Microshit still got a payment... Stop feedingg the parasite.

[โ€“] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Microshit still got a payment... Stop feedingg the parasite.

Microsoft cut a deal with the manufacturer of my laptop, to have Windows pre-installed. They did so as a loss leader, with the expectation of future earnings based on my usage of Windows 11.

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Is this new?

I thought OEMs paid the license fee per unit

[โ€“] zod000@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They do, but the OEM rates are significantly lower than what you or I would pay, and they get cheaper by volume so the big OEMs are paying very, very little per unit.

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So the parasite still getting paid off our purchases then.

Disgusting

[โ€“] zod000@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

Unless things have changed, that was true even if you buy one of their official Linux or No OS/Other OS laptops based on the price. You probably have to go with a smaller company like System76 or Framework that explicitly offers Linux as a first class option and isn't big enough to get roped into some extremely lucrative evil contract.

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