• mushroom [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    i figured things were trending this way when i tried to play a dvd on a laptop a few years ago and it turns out they don’t include the software to play dvds anymore and msft just took me to their store page where i could buy it. thankfully i knew about vlc player but i wonder how many people get swindled every year from shit like that

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      5 months ago

      That’s probably more about licensing costs, of course they could just eat the cost. It’s the same story for other stuff like HEIC.