Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote
free.
The word WHEN was included for a reason.
time).
Thats wrong too when all of them have shit that many dont bother with that has to either be removed or at least the offer to install is refused etc.
Not if you have it already as part of the process of deciding what you want on the laptop.
Yes, but it can still be quite literally free, most obviously with a personal laptop where your time has no dollar value.
And even when it does cost minimally because your time isnt free, you STILL have a real choice. The fact that what you prefer isnt what the bulk of the market prefers is irrelevant to the FACT that you have a real choice.
No it doesnt as far as what is being discussed is concerned, whether you have a REAL CHOICE or not.
It does exist tho. The fact that it isnt common just shows that what you prefer isnt what the bulk of the market prefers.
Doesnt alter the fact that you have always had a real choice and do in spades now.
No one with even half a clue ever said that its only a real choice when the prices of the alternatives are identical.
You have a real choice in the car you buy even tho the prices vary widely.