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		trinovantes on July 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The problem with free (2019) Even if it's not free, you may still be the product (Windows)

marginalia_nu on July 4, 2022 [–]

Isn't windows sort of quasi-free these days? They've been aggressively pushing free version upgrades for Windows on me several times.

trinovantes on July 5, 2022 | [–]

Upgrade is free but you still need an original copy

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