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Why can't I just buy it without being charged for preinstalled spyware?(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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Tattorack@lemmy.world
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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.

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TimeNaan@lemmy.worldOP
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The point is that you have to pay for that windows that you’re going to erase anyways. It’s not free.

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Tattorack@lemmy.world
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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.

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