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Statick@lemmy.world 15 hours agoDo you also think the engine that comes with your car is free because the manufacturer doesn’t sell it as a separate item and it’s not listed on the receipt?
floo@retrolemmy.com 15 hours ago
I don’t see how cars and engines have anything to do with the fact that macOS is free.
WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 9 hours ago
The OS is a component of the whole product by Apple’s own reporting and marketing material. If you bought a Macbook directly from Apple and it came without MacOS preinstalled, would you consider that a fulfilled transaction?
floo@retrolemmy.com 9 hours ago
None of this means that macOS costs money. You’re spinning a pretty crazy fantasy here to try to disapprove the fact that macOS is free.
“It costs money because something else costs money!” is a nonsense absurd argument
Natanael@infosec.pub 14 hours ago
If including it with a paid product has a cost for the manufacturer, then you did pay for it as a part of the price of the product which you did pay for.
floo@retrolemmy.com 13 hours ago
That’s a guess, not evidence of your claim.
Natanael@infosec.pub 11 hours ago
Go take an economics class