NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?message-squaremessage-square266fedilinkarrow-up1463arrow-down110
arrow-up1453arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square266fedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoWindows vendors make extra money by putting spyware on your machine. That’s a big chunk of why a Dell machine is cheaper than a machine from a trustworthy Linux vendor: they have a secondary revenue stream that is adversarial to you as a person.
minus-squareilmagico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoDell also sells laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled (and I still wipe it and install Manjaro or whatever, but…)
Windows vendors make extra money by putting spyware on your machine. That’s a big chunk of why a Dell machine is cheaper than a machine from a trustworthy Linux vendor: they have a secondary revenue stream that is adversarial to you as a person.
Dell also sells laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled (and I still wipe it and install Manjaro or whatever, but…)