Comment on Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad
thehatfox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
With how aggressive Microsoft is becoming with ads, services, and data collection they could at least make Windows itself free.
But no, you still have to pay £100+ per license to have the pleasure of putting up with this crap.
Vendul@feddit.de 6 months ago
massgrave.dev
Robin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Piracy is not a real solution to the problem. Microsoft allows these sorts of things to exist in the background because they would rather lose out on some sales than lose market share.
Inktvip@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Kinda the same thing as winrar. They rather have consumers get used to it so the companies they work at have a higher chance of buying licenses. That’s where the real money is.
Vendul@feddit.de 6 months ago
aka spyware
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Piracy is their weapon. If not for piracy, ex-USSR countries wouldn’t transition to Windows till around 2009, and I’d expect that in such an alternative reality they wouldn’t then too.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Piracy is the solution when what you think you’re buying is not what you’re getting and the company that you’re buying changes the product without your consent.