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    Why can't I just buy it without being charged for preinstalled spyware? (lemmy.world)
    submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by TimeNaan@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

    Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption "Oh wow, windows!... I don't think I can afford this place."

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    [–] Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

    I hate that nowadays everything comes with pre-installed spyware and that they charge you for it makes it even worse..

    • Want a TV? Suck on our Android TV with Google spyware embedded
    • Want a phone? Get our Android with Google spyware, or go for an Apple with Apple spyware
    • Want a computer? We'll shove Windows spyware down your throat

    Ffs I just want devices that I own to not spy on me, and I can't even buy them anymore..

    Each of them require flashing a custom privacy respecting OS onto it,
    and that's a real problem..

    [–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

    Microsoft would make more from continued Windows usage (between selling data and products like Office) then that license key sold in volume to the OEM.

    [–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    I don't get it. I wouldn't need to have Linux preinstalled. I could just get... Literally any laptop and then only ever boot up Windows to download my preferred distro, if I don't already have a USB ready.

    [–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    The point is that you have to pay for that windows that you're going to erase anyways. It's not free.

    [–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

    In my experience, unless it's the professional version of windows, laptops with windows tend to be a little cheaper than blank laptops. Pretty sure Microsoft actually pays manufactures to use Windows.