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In Windows 10, Ad-Free Solitaire Will Cost You $10 -- Every Year
Wired UK reports that the pre-installed Solitaire on Windows 10 capitalizes on the long-cultivated addiction that some users have to the game with an interesting bargain: rather than being an ordinary included application like it used to be, what may be the world's most pervasive on-screen office time-sink of a game now comes with ads, unless a user wants to pay (by the month, or by the year) to remove those ads. Notes the linked piece: "To be entirely fair, this is the same as on the Windows 8 version, which wasn't installed by default but could be downloaded from the Windows Store."
At $1.49/month or $10/year, this might be enough to drive some people who otherwise would not to check out some of the free, open-source games out there; PySolitaire is one of many in this incomplete list.
At $1.49/month or $10/year, this might be enough to drive some people who otherwise would not to check out some of the free, open-source games out there; PySolitaire is one of many in this incomplete list.
Gamers don't actually like Windows. They just tolerate it for the ecosystem.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Well aren't you a charming combination of an entitled cunt and a whiney little priss.
All of your 7 and 8.x licenses can be ungraded, you'll just have to install the appropriate OS and make sure you have all the service packs and upgrades installed (have fun with 7 and all the service packs and crap it needs).
Or you could do like ol' Billy-boy did and donate them to schools or charity and claim the entire retail value for each on your taxes this year. Stick it to both Microsoft and Unk. Sam.
--- Keep the choice with the user..