• HorreC@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    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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      6 months ago

      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.

      • Rusty Shackleford@programming.dev
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        6 months ago

        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.