Comment on Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad

• 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Vendul@feddit.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    aka spyware

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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