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PCs often (mostly?) ship with third-party anti-virus software because AV companies pay them to install it.
by scholia 9y ago
PCs often (mostly?) ship with third-party anti-virus software because AV companies pay them to install it.
- mulmen 9y agoOk but now you are talking about a different product (a PC) vs Microsoft Windows. The third party AV vendors are paying the PC manufacturer to bundle their products, they are not paying Microsoft. In the PC case both Windows and AV are third party products.