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Why should they? They have bulk licensing deals with PC OEMs and large organizations. They've already got the big money. J. Random Hacker building a PC isn't
by adiabatichottub 1y ago
Why should they? They have bulk licensing deals with PC OEMs and large organizations. They've already got the big money. J. Random Hacker building a PC isn't even a rounding error to them.
- michaelmrose 1y agoQuite right in fact limited weak copyright protection helps retain marketshare that might be lost otherwise especially when that weak protection in fact costs little real revenue.
- aspenmayer 1y agoIt looks even smarter from the MS side when you think of all the threat intel that they gather from pirated Windows installs that can be used as a baseline to compare legit installs against.
- userbinator 1y agoAlso, they still get the ad revenue and telemetry if you pirate Windows and otherwise leave it stock. ...of which the tools to disable that invasiveness are also on GitHub, so maybe they just care more about maintaining marketshare.