alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoMicrosoft will charge Windows 10 users $30 per year for security updateswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down19
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minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoUnless you pirated W10 it was not free. The price of laptop and PC hardware with Windows per-installed is subsidized.
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoIt was offered as a free upgrade for anyone with Wishes 7/8. And you could get free upgrades to those from earlier editions of Windows, too. Some people haven’t paid for Windows in 2 decades-ish with a legit retail purchase.
minus-squareHappyTimeHarry@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI got my license for free from Microsoft, they literally gave them away when 10 was first launching, it was some kind of ambassador program ig but whatever it was it didnt require paying for anything.
minus-squareStrawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI upgraded for free from windows 7
Unless you pirated W10 it was not free. The price of laptop and PC hardware with Windows per-installed is subsidized.
It was offered as a free upgrade for anyone with Wishes 7/8. And you could get free upgrades to those from earlier editions of Windows, too.
Some people haven’t paid for Windows in 2 decades-ish with a legit retail purchase.
I got my license for free from Microsoft, they literally gave them away when 10 was first launching, it was some kind of ambassador program ig but whatever it was it didnt require paying for anything.
I upgraded for free from windows 7