Tux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agoWindows is not free as in freedomlemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down155file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1imageWindows is not free as in freedomlemmy.worldTux@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-229 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·29 days agoIt’s not free as in free beer either?
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoIt is if you don’t pay for a license but at this point I don’t even want to use it for free.
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoI mean anything is free if you pirate it.
minus-squareboonhet@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoYou don’t have to pirate it, you just download it off their website and don’t activate it. It’ll work, but you can’t change your desktop background.
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoAnd you get an annoying watermark. And an even more annoying operating system, so it’s not really worth it.
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoThat’s basically pirating it but worse lol. You still are violating the license but also get an annoying watermark.
It’s not free as in free beer either?
It is if you don’t pay for a license but at this point I don’t even want to use it for free.
I mean anything is free if you pirate it.
You don’t have to pirate it, you just download it off their website and don’t activate it. It’ll work, but you can’t change your desktop background.
And you get an annoying watermark. And an even more annoying operating system, so it’s not really worth it.
That’s basically pirating it but worse lol. You still are violating the license but also get an annoying watermark.