you pay for windows? i pirated windows 11 enterprise
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I feel like in this entire discussion, people almost always forget Windows actually costs money, and quite a lot of it.
Even if Linux-based OSes weren’t superior in every possible way… they cost nothing versus Windows 11’s $139 USD price tag.
Linux doesn’t even need to beat Windows at everything to win. And yet it still does.
wall@programming.dev 10 hours ago
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I don’t use Windows
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Been using Windows since 3.11 and have never paid for it, not even preinstalled on a machine.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
Almost no one actually buys Windows as a standalone product. If you purchase a new PC from HP, Dell, Acer, etc it comes with it. If you have a Win10 PC or license then Win11 is a free upgrade. The are even several Microsoft 365 SKUs that come with Win11 licensing.
You can literally d/l it direct from Microsoft and run it without a license; you just have to deal with a small licensing message and a few inconveniences in the UI.
The only people buying it as a standalone seem to be business idjust who went to a store and bought a retail PC with Win11 Home that then find out they need Pro in order to Entra join / AD join the hardware. Those people deserve what they pay so I have no sympathy for them.