• @Zerush
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    32 years ago

    PAYG PC is a system tried by M$ in 2006, nothing new. Even PAYG PC from Endless are in Atchive.org, that mean its a abandoned project. Currently Endless offers the Endless OS, free of any charge. The PAYG system is used also in other products, its similar to the leasing system. If you lease a car and don’t pay, you also lose the right to use it.

    If a company lease you a PC, its normal that they include a system that depends on the payments as in any other service, if you don’t pay your bills to your ISP, your hosting service, Water or Electric company, they also shut down their service.

    In the PC, because of the low costs which can have a basic PC currently (used in the third world less than $100-150, or old donation PC), this system PAYG did not proceed.Even in the western world, most computershops offers it’s PC to pay in 10-12 cuotes without interests.