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?
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floo@retrolemmy.com 3 days agoI don’t see how cars and engines have anything to do with the fact that macOS is free.
WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 2 days ago
floo@retrolemmy.com 2 days 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
WilloftheWest@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Alright Theseus, how many components of a macbook need to be removed until you’re no longer buying a macbook? Would you be satisfied receiving an empty box since the monitor, CPU, motherboard etc. are not individually itemised on your receipt for a MacBook?
floo@retrolemmy.com 2 days ago
Oh, I see. You just hate Apple.
That doesn’t mean that macOS isn’t free. It is.
By the way, when you buy pretty much any PC laptop, I’ve ever seen, the cost of the Windows license is definitely itemized on the invoice and receipt. Since macOS has no cost and is free, that’s why it’s not listed.
Natanael@infosec.pub 3 days 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 3 days ago
That’s a guess, not evidence of your claim.
Natanael@infosec.pub 3 days ago
Go take an economics class
floo@retrolemmy.com 2 days ago
Why should it be my job to prove your point? Your failure is your own.