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Why can't I just buy it without being charged for preinstalled spyware? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by TimeNaan@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption "Oh wow, windows!... I don't think I can afford this place."

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[–] chevy9294@monero.town 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had 2 (actully much more) options when buying my laptop. Good laptop with windows or a liitle better laptop without windows for 200€ less.

It's sad when you figure out why most people are broke.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would say "install unregistered windows, run MAS," but unfortunately we can't expect that to be common knowledge. And, if it were common knowledge, MAS probably wouldn't exist anymore either.

[–] ZeroTHM@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's MAS?

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Microsoft Activation Script, iirc. It'll "authenticate" a copy of windows or office suite by spoofing the information needed by windows/office to identify itself as legitimate. You should be able to find it by googling "MAS windows" or "massgrave.dev"