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What’s happening in somewhat poorer (BRICS, say) countries? Surely they’d be price sensitive enough not to pay for a Windows license if suddenly it has a (wides
by andyferris 3y ago
What’s happening in somewhat poorer (BRICS, say) countries? Surely they’d be price sensitive enough not to pay for a Windows license if suddenly it has a (widespread) reputation for being less user friendly than Linux? (And this cohort would eventually become the majority of computer users over time… where would that leave Microsoft?)
- loloquwowndueo 3y agoThey pirate it?
- raincole 3y agoIt's such a "first world question" haha. Sorry, not trying to insult or criticize you, but this is genuinely a question only people in developed countries would ask. People in poorer countries use pirated software. No, the don't need to be tech-savvy enough to know torrents to use pirated Windows. They don't need to know how to install an OS themselves. 20 years ago when I got my first PC, pirated windows was the norm here. You needed to be tech-savvy to know how to get a legal version. That is how developing countries work.
- andyferris 3y agoThanks. So the windows activation thing is simply disabled at the computer store or something? Security updates still function alright despite this?
- Unfrozen0688 3y agomassgrave activator - open source and on github lol I use it for test VMs myself. yes windows updates and all still works
- _dain_ 3y agonobody pays for windows in non-first world countries