NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?message-squaremessage-square624fedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down110
arrow-up1626arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square624fedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoWindows vendors make extra money by putting spyware on your machine. That’s a big chunk of why a Dell machine is cheaper than a machine from a trustworthy Linux vendor: they have a secondary revenue stream that is adversarial to you as a person.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoWhich is why you install Linux over it right away.
minus-squareilmagico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoDell also sells laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled (and I still wipe it and install Manjaro or whatever, but…)
Windows vendors make extra money by putting spyware on your machine. That’s a big chunk of why a Dell machine is cheaper than a machine from a trustworthy Linux vendor: they have a secondary revenue stream that is adversarial to you as a person.
Which is why you install Linux over it right away.
Dell also sells laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled (and I still wipe it and install Manjaro or whatever, but…)