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Pirate it and you will have a much better experience for free
by portaouflop 1y ago
Pirate it and you will have a much better experience for free
- k4rnaj1k 1y agoUsing a pirated OS does not sound like a good idea lol. Who knows what could be added during "cracking" of the license.
- pshirshov 1y agoNuthing. You could manually reproduce what massgrave does.
- eviks 1y agoHow much time would you need to manually reproduce their 20k lines of activation code? And what qualification would you need?
- pshirshov 1y agoLast time I checked it was like 200 lines.
- eviks 1y agoCheck properly next time, their 200 lines PowerShell script is downloading some 20k line cmd monstrosity https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/blob/master/MAS/All-In-One-Version-KL/MAS_AIO.cmd https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts/b... But this level of scrutiny is precisely why such DIY security claims ring hollow.
- pshirshov 1y agoFrom what I can remember, there are like 10 various routines for different ways to activate different products and most of the code is just boilerplate, no? You definitely can trace the hwid codepath in a reasonable time.
- npteljes 1y agoAnswering this question seriously, I'm a programmer / IT know-it-all, and I did it under two hours, which included firing up my own activation emulator, toward which I point my Windows. Now that I have the process down, it's taking seconds for each new Windows.
- leshenka 1y agoif anything bad ever happened after using MAS there would be piles of evidence because MAS is brought up every time people discuss Windows license price. Equating piracy to malware is disingenuous and malware is not the only bad factor. If you consider all of them it turns out that there is a lesser chance you'll get screwed if you pirate be it music, movies or operating systems
- anal_reactor 1y agoWhatever it is, I'm sure it's not half as bad as things that Microsoft puts there. After all, who knows what's in Windows source code.
- wing-_-nuts 1y agoand it comes with free malware! I gotta be honest man, I do not understand someone who pirates executable code. I (and I assume most of the hn audience) am not some starving student with nothing to lose. I would much rather run linux than pirate windows.
- haritha-j 1y agoThe ones who're pirating the non executable code are who I don't understand. Oh and I'm a starving PhD student.
- 2Gkashmiri 1y agoWhat??? Commenter was suggesting using original Microsoft ISOs and verifying through massgrave. Zero malware
- wil421 1y agoAgree with you but not every answer is move to Linux. A lot of us help family member with IT stuff. People I help use excel, quicken, and one drive to run their businesses and finances. I could see myself running into GPs license issue with my father in law. I tried to get a few of them to use chromebooks but the need for quicken or another app they used for decade(s) keeps them windows based.
- harvey9 1y agoI agree. Some people don't really think about licences, they buy a PC with Windows and only buy another when that one stops being usable. Even this forced upgrade to 11 is still the path of least resistance.
- Balinares 1y agoYou might not be up to date on how this works. The OS installation images come from Microsoft. They're the same amount of malware as the OS that comes preinstalled on your laptop. Probably a tad less, depending on the brand.
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- dang 1y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45504231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45504231.