Comment on What happens if I never activate Windows?

Boozilla@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This basically just keeps companies from using unlicensed Windows for business. Also, Microsoft does go after businesses who are unlicensed. They didn’t give a duck about private users cause that’s not where they’re making money.

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  • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They probably prefer consumers running pirated Windows over consumers running Linux. As long as most people are more familiar/comfortable with using Windows than Linux, the more likely companies are to not even look at alternatives.

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    • refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      AKA “The Adobe method”

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This basically just keeps companies from using unlicensed Windows

    You say this but my local boba tea place their touch screen order thingie has Windows’ unlicensed watermark over it but I think even their customers are too Dutch to care (me included, I actually love them for it!)

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• purplemonkeymad@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  it limits the Windows updates you’ll receive.

  I don’t think it does now does it? For the longest time ms wants to make sure all machines are up to date to try and keep, “always getting viruses” moniker away. I think maybe xp did that?

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