> Unless they somehow convince OEMs Wait, do they have a different laws about shrink-wrapped licenses in EU? I thought this particular aspect was pretty much u

> Unless they somehow convince OEMs Wait, do they have a different laws about shrink-wrapped licenses in EU? I thought this particular aspect was pretty much universal everywhere, with very minor deviations. My understanding is that you buy a computer with Windows pre-installed, it requires to accept an EULA on the first boot, you either do it, or you can install a different OS (and theoretically ask for a refund, although this is where jurisdictions and realities start to really differ and I don't know about EU). OEMs only put some bits on the device (drive and firmware), but to best of my awareness license acceptance always happen after the sale and is between the user and Microsoft. If EU had tackled this somehow, please let me know (and forgive my lack of awareness). > You're not allowed to require acceptance of additional terms after the transaction has occurred. Surely they can with a new version? Apple does it this way (e.g. just recently watchOS 10.1 came with new EULA, requiring acceptance before an update can be installed) worldwide and I haven't heard of any government having issues with it. In Microsoft's best new traditions they can pester users to upgrade and even make it super Microsoft-friendly, with forced automatic upgrades that spend 30 minutes applying patches, then showing an EULA, then rolling back for another 30 minutes after it's declined.