Considering that OSX is given away FREE, I fail to understand your statement. MSFT now is forced to give away their OS updates; yet Apple has done this for quite a while.
Build a Hackintosh and you can download the OS for free, no codes to crack. So the penny pinching comment makes little sense.
On the plus side, it doesn’t lend itself to the wealth of security issues Windows is famous for. It doesn’t use Back Doors that are “accidentally leaked, and OSX remains one of the more secure OS’s on the market today.
Not bad for free.
Considering Apple charges a 40-60 % premium for last years products it damn well should be free.
Of course we know, nothing is truly free, unless it’s that Gubment money.