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Who "forced" you to buy a Microsoft OS?

Microsoft, by charging OEMs for a license regardless of whether you bought a computer with Windows or not. It took a consent decree to stop the process.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling_of_Microsoft_Window...

I have to use MS or Apple OSs to work from home.

That's between you and your employer.

Give me a break. It's an honest answer to the question.

And it's not just between me and my employer. It's an industry-wide problem, albeit not the biggest problem out there.

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