• Dremor@lemmy.world
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    It is not free if you have to pay a specific hardware from the same company to run it. Same goes for Windows, it is not free if you are forced to buy Windows with the laptop.

    In both case you pay for the software through the hardware.

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        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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            Actually, the macOS software license specifically mentions to install macOS only on hardware built by Apple itself. The line is not imaginary lol