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    7 days 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.)