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new-fangled Acer with built-in "Copilot+"
It would be interesting to know how much Microsoft is paying OEMs to have it pre-installed, and with a dedicated key, no less.v While it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the infrastructure build out. These AI costs are mounting, that’s for sure.
Of course Google finds it worth paying $20B a year to Apple to have primary placement as the preferred search engine, and it turns out to be worth it (or they wouldn’t be fighting so hard to maintain it)… and every TV I buy (and that’s been 3 screens in the past year, long story) comes preloaded with all sorts of crap I don’t want and never use: TV networks I’ve never heard of, apps of questionable value, etc.
