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Get your Windows license refund now! (en.refund4freedom.org)
submitted 5 days ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1365909/get-your-windows-license-refund-now

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[–] 2 points 3 days ago (1 child)

Ok. But for people who need a laptop today, they don't have the luxury of waiting for us to live in a more just world. They have to deal with the world we're currently living in, and this is a fair way of registering our frustrations with the OEMs about the state of affairs they've put into place.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Framework, Tuxedo, Apple are just some options.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    I mentioned two of those above, and the third is one of the six I was thinking about (alongside System76 and Slimbook, etc; Pine is getting out of the game for the time being, iirc). I own a Framework and love it, but none of them are mid-range brands. None of them ship worldwide. Apple is...well, arguably worse than Microsoft, and they literally only have one mid-range laptop SKU. Likewise, Acer and HP (and maybe Dell?) each have, like, one laptop that will ship without an OS.

    This is what I'm saying. Trying to buy a laptop without Windows installed means accepting that you'll either be buying at a higher rung on the pricing ladder (not that it's never worth it, but not everyone can afford to climb), or you'll be buying a disposable machine.

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