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Isn't this normal for apps? Spotify has a free version that is ad supported. Microsoft is giving away Windows. Remember that not that long ago you had to pay €

• InfamousRece 5y ago
  $139 for Windows Home and $199 for Windows Pro. Where I come from this would not be called giving away. Official MS pricing: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows?activetab=pivot:shopwindows10tab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows?activetab=pi...
  • phendrenad2 5y ago
    Eh, it's the same. The price floor is just different.
  • emn13 5y ago
    Most people surely buy/bought their license with a new PC from an OEM; OEM's apparently always paid much less, e.g. 50$ (in 2009) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/09/microsoft-oems-pay-about-50-for-each-copy-of-windows/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/09/micro... - and less if it was a cheap/low-end device: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-reducing-windows-10-licensing-fee/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-reducing-w... I'm guessing they're not going to drop those fees, so whatever ad or product-placement revenue comes in is probably on top of that?