TechSpot can't help but sellout in their own editor picks

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• Sundial@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s a really good deal OP. Why would you use a free software over getting such a good deal?

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  • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve seen office professional for 15 bucks, I wouldn’t say $25 for the basic version is a good deal… Especially considering you end up with a Microsoft product.

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    • thepreciousboar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can buy legit office keys for like 4$ on many sites. It might just be a couple years old

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  • tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But you’re saving 80%!!

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• Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And the best part is that while the key is valid, the license isn’t, so technically you’re paying for a pirated app

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  • Gork@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How are they not getting the book thrown at them by Microsoft?

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    • Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The actual reselling is done by a shell company that disappears and reappears with a different name when hit by lawyers.

      This website just gets referral money from each sale, they’re not selling the grey market keys

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• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s crazy to me that all these websites advertise pirated/stolen Microsoft keys and aren’t getting in trouble for it.

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  • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The idea is that even if you’re using pirates windows, you’re still in the windows ecosystem, you’ll be more likely to pay Microsoft for other things. So in a weird way, yeah you didn’t pay for windows, but you also didn’t buy an Apple either, and now you’re using windows apps and programs.

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    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This was Adobe’s strategy with Photoshop. They basically let the piracy happen knowing everyone would learn and stick with their software.

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• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sell-out is the noun form. The verb form needs a space. It’s like the difference between ‘fuck up’ and ‘fuck-up’.

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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Only in UK English, US English doesn’t.

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• gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  !linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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