Linux doesn’t have that advantage.
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But it does have the advantage of being free.
Hate to break it to you, but all consumer operating systems will be free in a few years... Mac OS already is, and the decision by Apple to give away their OS’s rather than charge for them saved the company Millions of Dollars, because it moved their user base to a common platform and reduced the need for legacy support.
Android is Free.
IOS is free.
Windows 10 will be Free for 8X owners, and my guess is they will move to the free model in the next year or two, they already have limited in their mobile world, giving it away for devices under a certain size. They really don’t have a choice..they will try to hold out as long as they can, but the writing is on the wall.
They may keep some preimum OS for fee, but the base OS will be free from all vendors within a few years, or they will no longer be an OS provider.
Writing is on the wall for that one, Linux being free at one time was a competitive advantage, but its one that is going to be gone in short order.