no? if theres no need to upgrade machine you just dont. most enterprise do because that shit is not supported anymore, so if they are internet enabled they dont have much choice.

Thank you! Lemmy seems to believe everything digital is free forever. There are real costs associated with maintaining infrastructure.

then dont fucking call it “buying”

Bypassing these tends to be a criminal offense.

lol no, nobody is in jail for ripping their stuff or even straight up torrenting it.

If you want to keep your data forever, buy a Blu-Ray.

which will degrade and become unusable in what? 20 years?

After that, you replace the PC anyway.

you really dont have to though

im good thanks

why? they have more than enough money to do so.

Because it’s not. The kernel is meaningless if the user space is gimped.

No thanks, I’m not replacing proprietary bullshit with more proprietary bullshit

No it doesn’t XD

That’s just not true in windows case

Ah yes that’s the only possible reason right? Or maybe…idk might sound crazy but maybe They changed their policies for new accounts??

How about thinking before calling somebody a liar?

You joking right? Torrents are not the main attack vector XD who told you this fairy tale?

Also imagine using wine, wtf

we shouldnt value childrens opinions in adult conversations

Once it’s done I can install anything by double clicking the exe and it runs 99.9% of the time.

cybercriminal heavy breathing

skill issues

does not work in Linux, like fingerprint sensors.

my xps13 fingerprint sensor works perfectly out of the box…

also why bring up arch? that distro is literally made for thinkerers. you need to compare windows to ubuntu or fedora…

Have you tried it? I did last week. Your account is automatically locked for 72 hours for “manual review”.

After that it still doesn’t work you need to send an approval request explaining why do you want the free email address.

I repeat, fuck these people.

Yeah fuck these people you can’t even open a free account anymore what a joke

If you are too stupid for your own good it’s not our problem.