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by boomboomsubban 1897 days ago
>To make it clear to people not reading the comment carefully, I'm not saying MacOS is "free".

You are misinterpreting the parent's argument by saying "it's pretty fair" then, as they were saying it's unfair to call MacOS "free."
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i_have_an_idea 1897 days ago
No, it is fair competition because in both cases you paid money for the product, as I am clearly stating in the original comment.

In one case it just also happens to be impossible to avoid being further monetized via ads and tracking.

This, to me, is unacceptable for paid software, as essentially amounts to license fee + adware model.

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boomboomsubban 1897 days ago
>it is fair competition because in both cases you paid money for the product

The comment you replied to was a response to calling MacOS free, and was entirely about that topic. It's not a fair comparison to call MacOS free, that isn't justifying Microsoft's actions though.

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