• HorreC@kbin.social
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    I just dont get it, you pay for the OS, they monitor you like a hawk and sell that shit. Now they are like we need to make sure they get all these ads too, also we are going to ruin any app that you use, like search or notepad. We will milk this mother dry then claim users dont understand how much it costs to run the company.

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      I get the point you’re trying to make but they made a free version of windows a while ago. The price for it is the ads.

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      5 months ago

      I just dont get it

      I mean it’s not complicated. If you don’t want to use Windows, your options are:

      1. Pay thousands for a Mac computer that may not have the features you want, and never be able to upgrade or repair it, or

      2. Get a software engineering degree so you can figure out how to install, use and regularly debug Linux. Because even techy people you know that might want to help you don’t know anything about Linux.

      There just aren’t many options for “normies”.

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        Pay thousands for a Mac computer that may not have the features you want, and never be able to upgrade or repair it, or

        M1 Air costs USD $750 where I live.

        Get a software engineering degree so you can figure out how to install, use and regularly debug Linux. Because even techy people you know that might want to help you don’t know anything about Linux.

        Hyperbole to sell an easily disprovable false narrative. For what?

        Calm down and eat your lunch, Helen.

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          M1 Air costs USD $750 where I live.

          That MacBook will have 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, which is completely useless, not to mention fucking highway robbery when you can buy a Windows laptop for half of that with better specs.

          Hyperbole to sell an easily disprovable false narrative.

          LOL I’d love to see you prove me wrong. Go on ahead. It’s easy!