>If they were giving away home windows, I’d agree. They pretty much are though. I activated my Windows 11 installation with a pirated CD key from the windows 7

>If they were giving away home windows, I’d agree. They pretty much are though. I activated my Windows 11 installation with a pirated CD key from the windows 7 days and it's still working just fine. They obviously know that CD has been used by so many over the years but it seems they don't bother enforcing the license.