• SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
      25·
      6 months ago

      It’s not about paying for Windows, usually it’s included in the device you buy. The real reason why Linux helps broke people is because bloated Windows can’t run on the budget PCs they have (and they can’t just buy a faster computer)

    • smokinliver@sopuli.xyz
      17·
      6 months ago

      I mean you pay for Windows on preinstalled computers, too. There are Laptops sold without OS and they are cheaper than the same model with windows installed.

        • smokinliver@sopuli.xyz
          5·
          6 months ago

          I get what you mean. I just cant wrap my head around how many people buy windows without even realizing it and think they get it for free or some stuff

          • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            6 months ago

            I’ve seen people pay for office, usually it was less tech savvy people that had enough money and thought pirating is in fact stealing.

    • egonallanon
      61·
      6 months ago

      The watermark annoys me so I grab one of those £20 fell of the back of a truck keys.

    • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      6 months ago

      I think the point is you can put a fully updated new Linux on a decade old ThinkPad but with windows you’d need to buy a whole new laptop to run modern stuff also it would be unusably slow