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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-31 10:13 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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"...   
      
   To be fair, Apple's devices can be obtained for a fair price in their   
   default configurations. Sure, the storage might be smaller than expected   
   and they might have less RAM than computers at the same price, but the   
   screen quality and battery life need to be considered. However,   
   upgrading that default configuration is prohibitively expensive.   
      
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