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Why can't I just buy it without being charged for preinstalled spyware? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by TimeNaan@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption "Oh wow, windows!... I don't think I can afford this place."

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[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I don't get it. I wouldn't need to have Linux preinstalled. I could just get... Literally any laptop and then only ever boot up Windows to download my preferred distro, if I don't already have a USB ready.

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[-] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Microsoft would make more from continued Windows usage (between selling data and products like Office) then that license key sold in volume to the OEM.

[-] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Its pretty easy to to replace the hard drive in most laptops with an empty one then install either linux or a stripped down version of windows.

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

The point is that you have to pay for the preinstalled windows. Obviously I can install whatever I like on the laptop.

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