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What is your opinion about Microsoft Windows Defender (Windows 10)?
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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 863045"><p>ATP brings in money for MS for sure, I mean it's only good business if each product can support itself financially. In MS case though they technically don't have to. They makes so much money that they can probably give ATP away if they wanted to, but why would they when they can cash in, even if it's a little.</p><p></p><p>As to W10 you are correct, technically you paid for it when you bought your computer/or the OS (if you build your own PC), but in essence it's really only a 1 time purchase, as MS has released every major update to W10 for free. In some cases however, it is really free. I for one upgraded from W8 to W10, as MS was offering the upgrade for free for all W7 and W8/8.1 users. In these cases, or like the one you mentioned, yes WD is free because you didn't pay to upgrade to W10, especially if you upgraded from W7. If you bought a new computer recently, then yes you paid for it, but again only once, it's not a recurring subscription like everyone else. So I guess it can both be free, and a 1 time purchase at the same time, depending which avenue one takes.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 863045"] ATP brings in money for MS for sure, I mean it's only good business if each product can support itself financially. In MS case though they technically don't have to. They makes so much money that they can probably give ATP away if they wanted to, but why would they when they can cash in, even if it's a little. As to W10 you are correct, technically you paid for it when you bought your computer/or the OS (if you build your own PC), but in essence it's really only a 1 time purchase, as MS has released every major update to W10 for free. In some cases however, it is really free. I for one upgraded from W8 to W10, as MS was offering the upgrade for free for all W7 and W8/8.1 users. In these cases, or like the one you mentioned, yes WD is free because you didn't pay to upgrade to W10, especially if you upgraded from W7. If you bought a new computer recently, then yes you paid for it, but again only once, it's not a recurring subscription like everyone else. So I guess it can both be free, and a 1 time purchase at the same time, depending which avenue one takes.;) [/QUOTE]
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