XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-31 14:37, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/30/2025 8:22 PM, pothead wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I gave away a $200 Windows license to switch to Linux, and I've donated   
   >>> money to a distro.   
   >>   
   >> You paid $200 for a Windows license?   
   >   
   >   
   > That's the retail price of Windows Pro, yes, I had the money at the time   
   > and while it turned out my existing license was transferable from my   
   > 2010 computer (just using the Win7 Pro key I had purchased with its   
   > parts), it doesn't bother me because unlike some cheapskate fuckwads I'm   
   > not afraid of paying my way, even if it's to a company "with a billion   
   > dollars" or whatever, they didn't make a billion by not selling their   
   > wares, FFS.   
   >   
   >   
   >> You can get it legally for ~$20.   
   >   
   >   
   > Those licenses work, and my new mini PC basically has one (the China-   
   > based manufacturer used multiple activation key to activate what they   
   > produced, not a true Microsoft OEM therefore but it is a legit license),   
   > but I would never buy from the people selling them, what I got with my   
   > new device is OK for what it is, but in its case I didn't purchase the   
   > license myself, so it's not really my responsibility when Microsoft is   
   > tolerating the practice.   
   >   
   >   
   >> Too many red pills mixed with the blue ones?   
   >   
   >   
   > You're free to be a cheapskate all you want, don't judge me for doing   
   > the right thing, sheesh.   
   The irony of someone who complains about the cost of Apple's devices   
   calling someone else a "cheapskate"...   
      
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