For my “convenience” and because in this way they can show ads and clickbait

Also: I SET A FUCKING GROUP POLICY THAT DISABLES THE SEARCH BAR; WHY THEY FUCKING IGNORE IT???

    • Hyperreality@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      You may be right. I seem to remember there being a free upgrade for the visually impaired, but I may be mistaken.

      In any case, I haven't paid since I first bought this PC, which I've continually upgraded for over a decade. Ship of Theseus, basically. IRC because I never bought windows 10, and windows 7 (xp?) licenses weren't tied to the system, I just used that the one time it asked me to verify my license.

      Seemed pretty obvious microsoft doesn't actually care about individual users with custom built pcs. They make their money off desktop pc and laptop makers. That and increasingly advertising/data harvesting.

      • TheFerrango@lemmy.basedcount.comEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Must’ve been Win7. There were ways to upgrade certain 7 licenses to valid Win 8.x licenses (the infamous Windows 8.x with Media Center) that you could get if you had a viable Win7 license (anything except starter, basic and pro). Win 10 and 11 were free “upgrades” if you had a 7+ key