That's how they got around selling at a loss to crush the competition I guess.
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2023
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In all Latinoamerica, yes, in the 2000s the Windows xp license was a significant part of the price of a computer, so most people pirate it, probably 7 out of 10 copys of Xp were installed an activated by piracy
Even in China, Windows rules.
If you go to China and ask to build a PC in any shop, they will most likely install Windows by default.
Out of the 4 laptops i used recently, 3 of them were using a pirated version of windows. 1 of them(my laptop) didnt use a pirated version of windows because it was already paid when i bought the laptop. I thought all laptops(that are not using macos or linux) came with windows preistalled
The vast majority of the value of a consumer facing computer system is in the people who help other people.
They know that.
1111111111111.
Just saying.
Maybe, but there's also the thing where it works reliably and you have software you can use. But yeah, it's still part of the strategy