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[–] 3 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

I thought pc makers made side profits with all the bloatware they install. And possibly some weird deals with M$ too.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Like everything else, you can find some that do and some that don't. Best yet, it goes both ways. When someone sells you a bloated PC, they often share a bit of the payoff with you making the price slightly cheaper than would be possible otherwise.

    Historically M$ has even threatened manufacturers NOT to sell with Linux installed. They attacked some major retail brands, threatened to pull their license to sell windows.

    it's a great big clusterfuck

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