Windows non-Education/-Enterprise editions are crippled ad platforms with forced telemetry lacking opt-out. I can't recall how my one Windows machine received

Windows non-Education/-Enterprise editions are crippled ad platforms with forced telemetry lacking opt-out. I can't recall how my one Windows machine received legit Enterprise (wasn't full price), but it doesn't suck as much. With GPO options, most of the junk can be disabled. I also have some cheap used Windows Server and Office licenses that I bound to unique disposable email addresses + Microsoft accounts. When the vendor says "FU", piracy and workarounds are legitimate. (FYI: VMware and Citrix gentlemans' agreement to pirate and not cripple production of each others' stuff for indirect, noncommercial purposes.)