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Natanael@infosec.pub 16 hours agoIt’s paid for as a part of the hardware and not listed separately on the receipts. All those 3rd party components in the OS are not free and has to be paid for. That comes from the hardware sale.
You agree that the terms of this License will apply to any Apple-branded application software product that may be preinstalled on your Apple-branded hardware
you are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to install, use and run one (1) copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-branded computer at any one time.
to download, install, use and run for personal, non-commercial use, one (1) copy of the Apple Software directly on each Apple-branded computer running macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, or macOS High Sierra (“Mac Computer”) that you own or control
and you agree not to, install, use or run the Apple Software on any non-Apple-branded computer, or to enable others to do so.
The license additionally calls out included 3rd party licensed fonts which which you can’t use unrestricted without a specific license from the market of that font
floo@retrolemmy.com 15 hours ago
You have to agree to that same license agreement even if you download macOS from Apple’s website without paying for it. So I still don’t see what in the world you’re talking about except for twisting yourself into pretzels to make sense of your nonsense argument.
Natanael@infosec.pub 14 hours ago
You’re not allowed to use it after downloading it for free unless you use it on Apple hardware that it paid for. If you don’t have Apple hardware you only have a file you’re not allowed to use. Paying for Apple hardware pays for the license permitting you to use it.
That’s like saying that using a fixed cost subscription service is free because you’re not paying at the time that you access it.
floo@retrolemmy.com 12 hours ago
That doesn’t mean macOS costs money. Just the Apple hardware. It’s really weird that you can’t tell the difference between a piece of software and a piece of hardware. What’s worse as you think I have the same trouble you do.
macOS is free. Just because Apple hardware isn’t also free doesn’t mean macOS isn’t free.
Natanael@infosec.pub 11 hours ago
“taking the train is free once you’ve paid for the ticket”