The OEMs may not be counting the people who wipe the pre-installed thing anyway to remove all OEM crap. Which clearly is there, because how else would they find out who runs it and who doesn't?
Anecdote: I've bought two laptops with linux preinstalled, both were wiped before they could connect to the net.
Anecdote: I've bought two laptops with linux preinstalled, both were wiped before they could connect to the net.
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