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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by marcosdumay on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:23PM (#12914258)
Support might be a reasonable reason, yes.

But crapware can not pay that much. The crapware creators themselves get less revenue than licensing costs, and they can kick back just a fraction of that revenue. (That is, unless they have another business model that isn't selling licenses or spying on users.)

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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by Alupis on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @03:48PM (#12914473)
Margins on computers are notoriously thin.

Even say, $1.00 per system sold with crapware pre-installed can make a difference in the profitability of a product line at scale. Then there's the kickbacks for when a customer does pay for a subscription.

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Re:After protest, Lenovo adds Linux compatibility to Yoga 90... by marcosdumay on Thursday November 10, 2016 @06:25AM (#12919509)
The crapware can not pay more than the Windows cost, simply because it does not have enough revenue.

Unless, of course MS is paying the OEM to install Windows, or billing for Linux computers. Or crapware has some business model that I'm not aware of.

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