moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoMicrosoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirementswww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1554arrow-down18
arrow-up1546arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirementswww.xda-developers.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square229fedilink
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-24 months agoBut that’s irrelevant. It’s still in their interest to get you to buy new PCs.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down6·4 months agoThe comment was about selling new computers and not using old ones. They want to sell more software, they aren’t hardware focused.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-24 months agoAnd that comment was 100% correct. They want more computers sold, because more computers sold means more Windows licences sold. You’re acting like PC hardware sales are unrelated to Windows license sales. They’re directly related.
minus-squareABCDE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·4 months agoHere’s the quote: they won’t be able to sell as many new computers Their sales of hardware are insignificant.
But that’s irrelevant. It’s still in their interest to get you to buy new PCs.
The comment was about selling new computers and not using old ones. They want to sell more software, they aren’t hardware focused.
And that comment was 100% correct. They want more computers sold, because more computers sold means more Windows licences sold.
You’re acting like PC hardware sales are unrelated to Windows license sales. They’re directly related.
Here’s the quote:
Their sales of hardware are insignificant.