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by acdha 2079 days ago
If you were right this wouldn’t be a store page:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/windows

Windows 10 Home starts at $130, Pro is $200, and the business licenses start at $300. Given how much of Windows market share comes from business use, it’d be surprising they weren’t making a lot of money there. Since they’re a public company it’s easy to confirm that, yes, selling the most popular operating system in the world is profitable:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Investor/earnings/FY-2020-Q2...

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He is right though, watermarked w10 has no time limit, and comes with what seems only a few limitations, like inability to customize the taskbar location, for example.