Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 17 hours agoWindows loses 400 million users as mobile, Linux, and Mac use growswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down15
arrow-up1252arrow-down1external-linkWindows loses 400 million users as mobile, Linux, and Mac use growswww.techspot.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Buy European@feddit.ukEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoIs this new? I thought OEMs paid the license fee per unit
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoThey do, but the OEM rates are significantly lower than what you or I would pay, and they get cheaper by volume so the big OEMs are paying very, very little per unit.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoSo the parasite still getting paid off our purchases then. Disgusting
Is this new?
I thought OEMs paid the license fee per unit
They do, but the OEM rates are significantly lower than what you or I would pay, and they get cheaper by volume so the big OEMs are paying very, very little per unit.
So the parasite still getting paid off our purchases then.
Disgusting