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> Paying customers may be product too. That was implied ever since Microsoft decided to make Windows 10 free or at a very low cost to a majority of users. And,
by rtsil 6y ago
> Paying customers may be product too.
That was implied ever since Microsoft decided to make Windows 10 free or at a very low cost to a majority of users. And, why not, as long as their fee is not outrageous for application developers and they don't restrict the users' ability to install software from other sources.
- sergeykish 6y agoIt is not free https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows So paying yet product. And varying price is something I would expect from airlines, not from respectable business.
- gmanley 6y agoWhen it was released they offered a free upgrade. You are still able to use the same method to upgrade for free: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-download-windows-10-for-free-now-that-windows-7-is-dead/ https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-download-windows-10-for-f...
- sergeykish 6y agoFree upgrade from paid product to paid product. Still paying yet product. I question wisdom of the original term. What if "shut up and take money" is not enough? If so was it on purpose or by accident? First time in my life I think of conspiracy theories. My take on catchy phrases: - You are a product for for-profit - You are a product if don't fight for your freedoms
- rtsil 6y ago> It is not free https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows Most people either upgraded for free to a new version (the same operation was paid before), or get Windows through a subsidized OEM version. Subsidized is pretty clear: you pay less, in exchange for something else. > varying price is something I would expect from airlines, not from respectable business. Why should we expect a software company to be more ethical, for varying definitions of ethical, than an airline company?