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0 pointsdotancohen7y ago0 comments

In the context of the GP's post, that is free. The user did not have to outlay any more money to acquire it.

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It wasn't free: the user was forced to pay for it built-in to cost of the machine even if they intended to use a different OS. That's much worse than free.

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0 pointsdotancohen7y ago0 comments

In the context of the GP's post, that is free. The user did not have to outlay any more money to acquire it.

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nickpsecurity7y ago

It wasn't free: the user was forced to pay for it built-in to cost of the machine even if they intended to use a different OS. That's much worse than free.

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