2026-03-15 23:05 UTC
>with Windows you also pay for the license key, by the way
Your computer's price is often _subsidized_ by the fact that the manufacturer has an agreement with Microslop to preinstall Windows on it.
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@MrsVeggies@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-03-16 00:34
Who is the goverment paying to install Windows?
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@save_the_humans@leminal.space 2026-03-17 01:42
I was looking at a thinkpad some months ago on their website and selecting Ubuntu from their options took off $160.
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@TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 2026-03-15 23:30
Excuse me, they do what now? Do you have a source on this? Because I know of [this](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/05/windows-tax-is-50-according-to-dell-linux-pc-pricing/) little article, but that was quite a long time ago.