You are talking about the business extension that was already available everywhere, but it requires buying it. The article is talking about Germany and the free version that Europe forced Microsoft to enable for everyone, even without a subscription - but only in Europe. That one is only one year.
The link I shared contains steps to activate the 3-year extension for free, on a non-business computer. I don’t care if this extension is marketed towards business accounts. You can activate all 3 years on your personal computer for free.
I honestly think it’s a bit of a stretch to call it piracy when the open-source code is hosted on Microsoft-owned Github, and Microsoft support has been caught using it themselves: bleepingcomputer.com/…/microsoft-support-cracks-w…
Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You are talking about the business extension that was already available everywhere, but it requires buying it. The article is talking about Germany and the free version that Europe forced Microsoft to enable for everyone, even without a subscription - but only in Europe. That one is only one year.
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The link I shared contains steps to activate the 3-year extension for free, on a non-business computer. I don’t care if this extension is marketed towards business accounts. You can activate all 3 years on your personal computer for free.
Uruanna@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Piracy is usually free yeah but that really doesn’t count.
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I honestly think it’s a bit of a stretch to call it piracy when the open-source code is hosted on Microsoft-owned Github, and Microsoft support has been caught using it themselves: bleepingcomputer.com/…/microsoft-support-cracks-w…