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  • Unless a lot as changed, they do care.

    Every single laptop and any prebuilt computer I find in the market comes pre installed with a Windows.

    A good friend approached me to install a Linux on a brand new machine and just to make sure we called the customer support line, informing there was interest to return the windows license, as the software would not be used.

    The reply we got was that by removing the software the warranty of the equipment would be null and void. The option was to ship the computer to their maintenance provider and have it removed, with costs presented at end for labour.


  • qyron@lemmy.pttoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldBMW
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    1 year ago

    So lets stop to consider, regardless of that nazi memorabilia.

    You live under a fascist dictatorial regime. There are very few options available for you to live a relatively uneventful life.

    Either you’re an open, true, supporter, a passive one or a dissimulated dicident. Yes, there are more options available, but lets take these as the most broad categories.

    Now let us consider that your regime an enacted several acts of domestic, unprovoked violence, internal purges and other assorted brutal and unpredictable actions against social peace and stability, in order to cement its unquestionable power over an entire nation.

    Then, that same regime advances to a state of war, where all resources and infrastructure are comandeered to bolster the military.

    At some point, companies are put a very simple option: either they cooperate and remain active or they refuse and suffer the consequences, that at best can be simple nationalization and purge of the heads.

    Considering all of this, BMW supporting Germany’s war effort is understanble.

    Do I agree with that decision? No. But do I understand it? Yes.

    Cooperate and live or refuse and die? Not an hard choice, especially if a lot of money is put on the table.