NotSpez@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 years agoWhat is a well known 'public secret' in the industry you work in that the majority of outsiders are unaware of?message-squaremessage-square619linkfedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down111
arrow-up1633arrow-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 · 3 years agomessage-square619linkfedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 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-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.caBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoWhich is why you install Linux over it right away.
minus-squareilmagico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 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.
Which is why you install Linux over it right away.
Dell also sells laptops with Ubuntu preinstalled (and I still wipe it and install Manjaro or whatever, but…)