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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/47977475

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

To add to the list: planned obsolescence (eg closed sauce drivers in case of PCs), "sponsors" lowering your initial purchase costs by installing bloatware apps (that most people then just keep - or like with phones need at last a PC to uninstall), ads, etc.

(I assume by OEM licences you meant more hardware side.)