> They protect themselves and software houses from torrent-esque and crack-esque like solutions which can be easily found for everything that runs on Windows, i

> They protect themselves and software houses from torrent-esque and crack-esque like solutions which can be easily found for everything that runs on Windows, including Office, not to mention the Windows OS itself and everything Android. It's extremely easy to find pirated software for macOS, too. Let's not pretend that Windows is Skid Row and macOS is a pristine gated community.