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how the fuck can they just decide this
Probably through licensing agreements with PC retailers.
But you can also just decide not to buy them.
can i decide to buy a keyboard without the windows key today?
There's always the IBM Model M or, if you prefer USB, there are remakes with it.
Wow it's yuuge
Umm, it's just a keycap. You can map the key to whatever you want.
agreed, however it defeats the point that its going to be optional if they really decide to do it.
sure, any Apple keyboard
Microsoft is a monopoly. Stallman was right, as usual in software
stallman is still right