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Re:Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing by Nullabillity on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @03:41PM (#35705610)
People do pay for Windows, which Edge is a part of. How's that going for you?
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Re:Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing by toast0 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @04:09PM (#35706031)
Microsoft hasn't been serious about charging users for Windows in a while. Free upgrades to Windows 10, free access to ISOs or tools to generate ISOs, and the penalty for an unlicensed install is no desktop background and a small watermark if you can't manage to trick windows into thinking it's licensed.

Yes, OEMs pay for Windows; probably businesses pay for Windows. It's pretty clear they've gone to an ad-supported model whether they're honest about it or not. And of course, paying for the product doesn't mean they won't suplement invoice revenue with advertising revenue.

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Re:Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing by alpaca128 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @04:40PM (#35706471)
> no desktop background

Last time I checked you could still just set the wallpaper via the context menu. It only locks the appearance settings.

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