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Steam On Linux Use Skyrocketed In March - More Than Double The macOS Gaming Marketshare
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To be fair, I haven't paid Microsoft for my OS...ever. And it's not even piracy.
I got a licence for free through my university when I was in uni. And Microsoft seemed happy to let me keep using it and even upgrading it. I started on Windows 8, upgraded for free to Windows 10. If my PC didn't have a processor that seemingly arbitrarily they decided can't run Windows 11, I could be on that today.
you did pay with your usage data.
Often OEMs pay for windows if you buy a prebuilt or a laptop. So you might pay Microsoft indirectly.
I've had two PCs over this time period. One came with a pirated copy of Windows (bought overseas) and I later installed a legit copy with my uni's licence. The other I transferred that same licence across to after building the PC myself.
Same. Got XP and Vista from the university, license for Vista allowed to update to 7, 10 (never used 8)... Now I use LTSC + massgrave activation, but technically I have a 10 license.