• Dremor@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    You can download Windows for free too. But in both case you won’t have any support unless you are running it on the authorized hardware. Windows does it though a licence, Apple through the hardware kirks.

    Go on, try installing your “free” OS on a Thinkpad, and tell me if you manage to get it running.

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      15 hours ago

      I don’t understand how compatibility has anything to do with the cost of something. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, any operating system requires that you pay money for a compatible device to run it on.

      You’re just drawing some imaginary line at Apple computers. But that makes no sense.