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Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] BladeFederation@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The fuck does software licensing have to do with RAM?

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They're doing it to cover the losses on the same AI investments that spiked RAM prices.

[–] BladeFederation@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

That they caused. Damn Microsoft sucks.

[–] bonesawmcl@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Someone has to pay for all that Microslop copilot bs and it's just not enough with the intended customers