Comment on 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux
Dremor@lemmy.world 15 hours agoIt is not free if you have to pay a specific hardware from the same company to run it. Same goes for windows, it is not free if you are forced to buy Windows in the laptop.
In both case you pay for the software through the hardware.
floo@retrolemmy.com 15 hours ago
Of course it is. It cost me nothing to download and install it.
Unless you can show me how you’re actually paying for the operating system, then I don’t see how you can keep making this argument. It makes no sense.
Dremor@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
You can download Windows for free too. But in both case you won’t have any support unless you are running it on the authorized hardware. Windows does it though a licence, Apple through the hardware kirks.
Go on, try installing your “free” OS on a Thinkpad, and tell me if you manage to get it running.
floo@retrolemmy.com 14 hours ago
I don’t understand how compatibility has anything to do with the cost of something. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, any operating system requires that you pay money for a compatible device to run it on.
You’re just drawing some imaginary line at Apple computers. But that makes no sense.
Tortellinius@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Actually, the macOS software license specifically mentions to install macOS only on hardware built by Apple itself. The line is not imaginary lol