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    4 days ago

    Is Windows Home free? I’ve certainly never seen it be free. I’m ok with free stuff needing to make money somehow, within reason, but the second they start asking for creditcard information that shit better be clean as a fucking whistle.

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        3 days ago

        That is a way to steal it(I ain’t no snitch, though) but it doesn’t actually refute my point.

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            3 days ago

            Microsoft being bad at their jobs and leaving huge holes in their software does not mean you aren’t getting something for free that you’re supposed to pay for.

            Microsoft Home does cost money, and therefore should not have any ads. That’s it, that’s the end of it.

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              3 days ago

              At this point I don’t even know what I’m supposed to pay for. I had two Windows 10 Pro licenses, transferred those with Microsoft on the phone from OEM to virtual machines, then reinstalled them with Windows 11 and had to activate them with Massgrave scripts. Am I supposed to be paying for those? I don’t want to hire a lawyer.

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                3 days ago

                Fucked if I know. All I’m saying is that if Microsoft has a price tag on it then they shouldn’t put ads and the only reason I replied to that first comment was because it was saying that ads are ok if the product is free(and it isn’t). The only times Windows has been free for me is from college but that is paid for, one way or another.