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Not actually true. Windows 10 is not free, and Microsoft is not giving away the operating system. What Microsoft is doing is giving consumers a free upgrade on
by scholia 11y ago
Not actually true. Windows 10 is not free, and Microsoft is not giving away the operating system.
What Microsoft is doing is giving consumers a free upgrade on Win7/8 PCs where the operating system has already been paid for.
This is basically the strategy already used by Apple and Google (Android): once you have bought the OS (bundled with the hardware) then you get updates free.
- ctdonath 11y agoExcept that Apple makes its money off hardware sales, and Google makes money off data mining ... for both, the operating system is just a means to an end, a cost center required to support the separate profit centers. Microsoft is, however, has the OS as its primary product.
- Dylan16807 11y agoDoesn't matter. They make all their consumer money off of OEMs.