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People do pay for Windows, which Edge is a part of. How's that going for you?
by Nullabillity 4y ago
People do pay for Windows, which Edge is a part of. How's that going for you?
- toast0 4y agoMicrosoft hasn't been serious about charging users for Windows in a while. Free upgrades to Windows 10, free access to ISOs or tools to generate ISOs, and the penalty for an unlicensed install is no desktop background and a small watermark if you can't manage to trick windows into thinking it's licensed. Yes, OEMs pay for Windows; probably businesses pay for Windows. It's pretty clear they've gone to an ad-supported model whether they're honest about it or not. And of course, paying for the product doesn't mean they won't suplement invoice revenue with advertising revenue.
- alpaca128 4y ago> no desktop background Last time I checked you could still just set the wallpaper via the context menu. It only locks the appearance settings.