For my “convenience” and because in this way they can show ads and clickbait

Also: I SET A FUCKING GROUP POLICY THAT DISABLES THE SEARCH BAR; WHY THEY FUCKING IGNORE IT???

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    Just to clarify. If you bought a device. The maker aka you paid a fee.

    Person above either using water market version or pirated it but more likely got it pre installed

    Either they don’t understand windows economics with that stupid “comment”

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      Windows 10 was a free upgrade from 7/8. 7/8 was a free upgrade from XP. I mean, XP was installed on something, but I certainly haven’t paid for windows in decades.

      Apparently it’s still a thing:

      https://www.techspot.com/news/100334-microsoft-closes-windows-7-11-free-upgrade-loophole.html

      And if you think about it, why would private customers pay for windows, given it’s loaded with spyware? I’m already paying to use it with my data. No different than using google software.

      Sure, I prefer windows because I’m used to it and I’m lazy, but why pay for something that’s arguably inferior to open source software?

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        If you think that “private customers” have not paid for it… There is not much to discuss here chief