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Windows [Rule] (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 9 months ago by Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 9 months ago

you are morally obligated to pirate windows 10 ltsc

(if you must use windows)

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 9 months ago

Fun fact: Lenovo sells some laptops without Windows license too. The amount saved will depend on the laptop and region. Unfortunately this isn't available for all laptops.

Example:

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If you're just buying a laptop/desktop normally, you're paying this without realizing it.
In this case, it's 22.5% of the price.

[-] kiranraine@reddthat.com 13 points 9 months ago

Wish more did that tbh.....esp as a tech person who MS and apple ran off with choices they made. Plus I like having more freedom on shiz to customize things more without risk it'll break that easily(without a major yearly update withstanding but still not as often as windows....)

[-] pancakesyrupyum@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

Skimmed the US site. Unless I’m dumb, there’s no Non-Windows Key options on any products other than a Linux-variant that they currently up charge for.

What a shithole company.

[-] neomis@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago

There are people selling oem keys on eBay for $5-$7. It’s too easy to buy a “legit” key at this point.

[-] ShittyKopper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 months ago

but why would you when you can get it for free it's not like ms is gonna give two fucks about you. they make their real $$ from business licenses

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 months ago

And it's super easy to activate it while having pirated it

Not to mention that Windows is basically completely functional without being activated

[-] datwillpowerdo@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

And most of the stuff they disable can be reenabled via group policy. Only thing I need personally is dark mode.

[-] nickhammes@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

But what's the risk you're buying keys purchased with stolen funds like on sketchy video game key resellers?

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

You lose your 5-7€ because the code doesn't exist or has already been used.

That literally is it.

It is just a short string of letters and numbers, nothing nefarious can be done with that.

[-] nickhammes@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

My concern was around situations where someone buys keys with a stolen credit card, and sells them as a form of money laundering.

That feels nefarious, and not participating in marketplaces with a high likelihood of participating in money laundering seems like a good method of harm reduction.