{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":1,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.freetalklive.com\/users\/mr_penguin","displayName":"Mr Penguin","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/108159-original-tmp20230319021544.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":275,"height":275},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/108159-96-20230527020912.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/108159-48-20230527020912.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/108159-24-20230527020912.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"108159"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/108159-96-20230527020912.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc, co-host of Freedom Decrypted &amp; syndicated radio show Free Talk Live. FreedomDecrypted.com","url":"https:\/\/social.freetalklive.com\/@mr_penguin","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mr_penguin","displayName":"Mr Penguin","note":"CEO of ThinkPenguin, Inc, co-host of Freedom Decrypted &amp; syndicated radio show Free Talk Live. FreedomDecrypted.com"}},"content":"<p>You thought ram prices were going sky high! Well, turns out that Microsoft has significantly increased it's 'stupid people' tax too!<\/p><p>I believe the licensing costs were maybe 3% decades ago and today I can tell you they can be as high as 20-40% depending on the system, edition, price, and source (ie mass market crap vs custom):<\/p><p>\"PC manufacturers are seeing a 7% to 10% increase in the cost of Windows 11 licenses..\"<\/p><p>The story also notes:<\/p><p>\"But it also notes that three weeks ago laptop maker Framework blamed price hikes and reconfigurations for some of their models on processor, memory, storage, 'and other silicon costs \u2014 but also 'an increase in Windows license costs.'\"<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-20:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.freetalklive.com\/users\/mr_penguin\/statuses\/117101229178687201","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.freetalklive.com\/users\/mr_penguin\/statuses\/117101229178687201","objectType":"note","content":"<p>You thought ram prices were going sky high! Well, turns out that Microsoft has significantly increased it's 'stupid people' tax too!<\/p><p>I believe the licensing costs were maybe 3% decades ago and today I can tell you they can be as high as 20-40% depending on the system, edition, price, and source (ie mass market crap vs custom):<\/p><p>\"PC manufacturers are seeing a 7% to 10% increase in the cost of Windows 11 licenses..\"<\/p><p>The story also notes:<\/p><p>\"But it also notes that three weeks ago laptop maker Framework blamed price hikes and reconfigurations for some of their models on processor, memory, storage, 'and other silicon costs \u2014 but also 'an increase in Windows license costs.'\"<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.freetalklive.com\/@mr_penguin\/117101229178687201","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-15:objectType=thread:nonce=a630c7f2a99bc162","notice_info":{"local_id":"13039885","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-15T19:43:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.freetalklive.com\/@mr_penguin\/117101229178687201"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6623885","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}