in brazil, we used to have a law forcing for this to be a thing. back in the laptop days, it used to be reasonably common for people to buy one without windows, and pirate it later. or with linux with the intention of formatting it. or because it was cheaper.
it turns out brazil fomented a big userbase for linux for a while there. if this is widespread i’m pretty sure adoption will grow for the simple fact people will at least get to try it. free market my ass, microsoft is an oligopoly.
i checked the brazilian dell website and they offer ubuntu as a choice. i’m not sure if they are doing it by their own choice or by force of law though.
bolsonaro gutting this law wouldnt surprise me, but i don’t see it as relevant enough (at least right now) for them to even bother glossing over this tbh.
in brazil, we used to have a law forcing for this to be a thing. back in the laptop days, it used to be reasonably common for people to buy one without windows, and pirate it later. or with linux with the intention of formatting it. or because it was cheaper.
it turns out brazil fomented a big userbase for linux for a while there. if this is widespread i’m pretty sure adoption will grow for the simple fact people will at least get to try it. free market my ass, microsoft is an oligopoly.
That’s a way to misspell monopoly, alright.
Used to have? Not anymore?
i wanted to say we still do but im not sure. its been a while since i shopped for one.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Bolsonaro had gotten pocketed a kickback from MS to quietly remove that law’s teeth.
i checked the brazilian dell website and they offer ubuntu as a choice. i’m not sure if they are doing it by their own choice or by force of law though.
bolsonaro gutting this law wouldnt surprise me, but i don’t see it as relevant enough (at least right now) for them to even bother glossing over this tbh.