Ignore that user. They are most likely a troll, probably my most down voted user in all of Lemmy. I once thought of blocking them, but then realized it is kind of like having a pet. They are too small and stupid to hurt anyone, but it is funny to watch them try. Ocassionally they drop some gems that are truly hilariously bad. Not KenM bad, but close tho.

[+] artyom@piefed.social -6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Do they SELL PopOS? No? QED.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yes. On their laptops. Also, you don’t need to sell something for it to be a product.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -4 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

No they don't. Yes you do. And they definitely have to sell it if you're going to claim some sort of conflict of interest. It's not a selling point of their laptops, because you can remove it and install any other distro, and also (more importantly) you can use the distro on any other machine. You can buy a Framework laptop and put Pop OS on it. There's no logical reason to dissuade people from using it.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

By that logic, SteamOS is not a selling point of the Steam Deck, and SteamOS is not a Valve product.

And yes, they do sell it on their laptops:

[–] artyom@piefed.social -4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

By that logic, SteamOS is not a selling point of the Steam Deck

No, by my logic, Valve does not sell SteamOS, which is correct. Much like Pop, it's freely available to install on any machine, including Framework.

By your logic, Linus would hate SteamOS too.

And yes, they do sell it on their laptops:

Is this photo supposed to prove something? I don't see a charge for PopOS?

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 6 minutes ago)

It does not matter that they don’t charge, because you don’t have to sell something for it to be a product.

Since you won’t believe me, here’s the dictionary definition of the word product. I’ve emphasized the important part.

2 a (1) : something produced

especially : COMMODITY sense 1

(2) : something (such as a service) that is marketed or sold as a commodity

- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/product