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Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by AniseAbyss on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @03:52PM (#28226269)
Windows 10 Home, the one most people are on, is free. They need to make back that money.

I don't particularly like it but MS is doing what every other free app is doing. The user needs to be tricked.

Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by watermelon0 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @04:05PM (#28226394)
AFAICT license doesn't allow you to use it for free, but they won't prevent the use of it, like they did with the previous versions. IMO this is better for them, because otherwise people would just pirate it, and Microsoft certainly don't want even more PCs that are not properly patched.

Additionally, prebuilt systems present the majority of sold PCs, in which case OEMs pay for the license.