• TurkeyDurkey ( TurkeyDurkey@piefed.world ) 
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never needed to activate windows on any of my computers since I just prefer Linux. But the gray market seems scary to me with the possibility of the key coming from a stolen card victim’s wallet.

    Is there any reason a non-dirty key would be available on the market? Does Microsoft do promotions or deals like that?

    • Cethin ( Cethin@lemmy.zip ) 
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      1 year ago

      Microsoft doesn’t give a shit to stop it, because they profit off your data. They give it away for free themselves. They don’t care how you get it if you are on their system, and then they do everything they can to trap you. They don’t make their profit from key sales.