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A comment on Apple has damaged the perceived value of software. Parent comment

Re:Apple has damaged the perceived value of software by nervositee on Thursday May 04, 2017 @10:44AM (#14265178)
and, you know, google also made an office suite free before Apple made theirs free.
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Re:Apple has damaged the perceived value of software by iplaw on Thursday May 04, 2017 @02:48PM (#14267575)
But Google was simply extending their already-free web-based offering, not taking historically expensive desktop software (operating systems and productivity suites) and making them free.
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