• @LouSlash@sh.itjust.works
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        613 months ago

        Some time ago i checked some polish stores to compare W11 vs Linux / no OS prices and i found out that the difference isn’t flat and it’s actually about ~10% of product price (so the more expensive the notebook is - the higher the price of W11 is)

      • @LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        When https://massgrave.dev/ exists it’s even worse.

        I think this tax on tech illiterate people is getting too high.

        Should I start selling USB drives for $5? I don’t wanna encourage Windows. But I feel bad for the normies. $211 is insane.

        MS literally allows massgrav on GitHub. They have for years. They do not give a fuck.

        Paying for windows at this point is a normie tax. And it’s gotten too damn high!

      • @TabbsTheBat@pawb.social
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        83 months ago

        When I was getting my PC they tried to upsell me for a 250€ windows license even if I insisted I didn’t need one x3

    • @limerod@reddthat.com
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      103 months ago

      Wait, I had to do a double take. I thought they were charging $200 extra for Fedora and Ubuntu. They could consider sending some money to those distros for development which would still be cheaper than buying windows.

    • Ulrich
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      73 months ago

      I hope more OEMs start showing the price like this during configuration. People would probably think A LOT harder about using Windows if they were offered a $200 discount for trying something else…