> Oh, and enterprise licenses are the same
IIRC MS enterprise licensees are charged for "software assurance", which is an annualized fee they pay for regular updates and upgrades. This looks like it's continuing with Windows 10.
On the consumer side, Microsoft would really like you to not buy a Mac. Since Mac's OS updates are free, it just makes sense that Windows is free anyway - they made very little on retail Windows sales anyway. I guess they figure they'll make their money when people upgrade laptops/desktops or buy other form-factors, e.g. 2-in-1s or tablets.
They didn't change me to upgrade to Win 10 but they stripped out the ability to play movies on DVD and then tried to sell me a $15 app.
Get MPV or VLC. I like MPV because the minimum, no nonsense approach to just play video.
Actually, VLC is for Linux and macOS, because they don't have MPC-HC - https://mpc-hc.org/
Re:Google Pay
by jackvalentine on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:31AM
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Um Actually[1], some of us prefer VLC.
The only difference is that now they don't charge for upgrades. Which is extremely smart because the cost of supporting people on decade old OSes probably significantly exceeds the revenues earned from consumers who are buying Windows upgrades to their existing PCs.
Oh, and enterprise licenses are the same, if I am not mistaken.
Frankly, MS not making updates free earlier was them shooting themselves in their foot.