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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by shp0ngle on Monday April 03, 2017 @03:33PM (#14026287)
Well they sort of do, by adding pre-installed bloat.

But it's still Windows.

I just wonder why that is. Maybe Microsoft has stricter licensing?

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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by Johan-bjareholt on Monday April 03, 2017 @05:08PM (#14027158)
There's a pretty huge difference between modifying the os and its desktop environment compared to just adding a few extra bloated apps and some wallpapers...
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Re:Android overtakes Windows as the internet’s most used ope... by bitmapbrother on Monday April 03, 2017 @06:01PM (#14027616)
There's a big difference between an OEM merging their source code with Google's AOSP source code and then compiling it to build an OS than just adding crapware to a Windows installation. OEM's can't modify the Windows source code and can only distribute the OS given to them.
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