• HarneyToker@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I get the joke, but I paid $200 for Logic, MainStage, and a host of other Apple programs on my Mac all bundled that I use as my main source of income, and they have updated for free for the past 8 years. When I bought a new machine, I was able to use the license on both machines. I can even load those programs onto other Macs without paying extra. I made all of that money back after selling just 1 composition. The OS is also free to update, even through major updates, unlike Windows.

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      4 days ago

      Thanks for reestablishing the truth, as uncomfortable as it may be. Windows is free now too, at least the update from whatever to 11 was

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        4 days ago

        Not if you account for the almost arbitrary hardware restrictions that have axed most existing systems. Even those that weren’t that old.

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          4 days ago

          Ah, yes. I didn’t realize because I own a top of the line system for work. But that’s true. Something to do with new bootloaders or something