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• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  …having a demo version of windows does not count as “having it”.

  It’s a paid product. Windows Home costs 139$. And if you bought a laptop or pre-built PC with windows on it, you have already paid for the license as part of the price. And since most people buy pre-built PCs, or laptops, they thus pay for the windows license.

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  • The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So people having the ability to use it and cover week their needs without having to pay money to Microsoft for Windows 11 then that means Microsoft needs to recoup those costs somehow. I know you want to move those goal post but the reality is still what it is.

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    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I feel like you didn’t read my reply

      In addition, the paid versions still track you

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      • The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They gather some kind of data, they aren’t tracking a specific person

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    • gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      you’re either naive or you’re working for microsoft.

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      • The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good one

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• ares35@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  most users (outside of a few countries) have paid for windows. via oem or volume channels, as that's where the vast majority of users source their windows from. oem pc sales or volume licenses. whether the original was 7, 8, 10 or 11. at the end of the day, a legit activated license for windows 11 is, or was born from, a paid license.

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  • The_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    More than likely they didn’t buy a Windows 11 license. It’s far more likely they bought a Windows 10, 8 or whatever the hell license from previous versions. Only a small percentage will have bought 11

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