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It's not hard at all to circumvent this, I doubt that it "eliminates huge swaths of pirates". Does Microsoft's Windows activation scheme stop people from pirati
by cookiecaper 16y ago
It's not hard at all to circumvent this, I doubt that it "eliminates huge swaths of pirates". Does Microsoft's Windows activation scheme stop people from pirating Windows? I don't think it had any significant effect, people just download images that have activation already patched out.
- robryan 16y agoMicrosoft Activation puts enough down to try and convert more sales without getting in the way to much of legit customers. I think it's a good compromise, only other thing I would do maybe is try and identify pirates and try and get them to pay say $50 or something, they aren't going to pay the full windows price but I think a lot would pay a lower amount that aren't paying at all at the moment.
- flomo 16y agoIn Microsoft's case, their main concern is OEM piracy, and the activation system diminishes the quality of the pirated product sold to the unwitting consumer. And anecdotally, the activation has pretty much stopped casual sneakerware piracy. People don't loan out their Windows CDs like they used to.