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Because Microsoft paid a lot of people to develop and maintain a software they gave away for free to users?
by bocklund 9y ago
Because Microsoft paid a lot of people to develop and maintain a software they gave away for free to users?
- selectodude 9y agoIf Microsoft let me buy Windows without that, I would have paid for it. Alas, If I spend $200 on Windows 10, I get the same tracking landmines than the person who spent 0 a few years ago.
- jug 9y agoThat they have given an ad ridden OS away for free is their problem, not something they were forced to.
- fatbird 9y agoA free version with ads and telemetry isn't free, it's just monetized differently. And the vast majority of the cost of developing it is either sunk or defrayed by the paid versions.