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		treesknees on Oct 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android Apps on Windows 11 But I believe upgrades have always been an extra purchase until Windows 8? Nowadays it's free OS, free upgrades to get you in the door and buy their services (M365 for Microsoft, iCloud/apps for Apple.)

smileybarry on Oct 21, 2021 | [–]

Until Windows 10 IIRC, Windows 8 was also a paid upgrade. Windows 8.1 acted like a service pack so it wasn't until 10 that upgrades became free, in a way. (Unless you're an enterprise customer, in which case 10 wasn't free either)

Kye on Oct 20, 2021 | [–]

I know at least Windows ME and Windows 98 SE came in boxes.

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