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• GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where did you come up with that figure? I have two PCs and they have two separate licenses. One is custom built and the other was prebuilt.

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  • sfgifz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty much everyone I know has a pirated copy unless it’s in an enterprise setting or pre-installed with the hardware.

    Been the case since Windows 98, might be longer too.

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    • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would anyone pirate Windows and risk malware? You can download it for free straight from Microsoft, and you can just skip the product key step during installation, it works without a key just fine.

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  • praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I came up with that figure knowing that there are much more 3rd world country people who can’t afford proper PC let alone windows license.

    Honestly, considering China/India, I think my figure has to go higher than not.

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    • GladiusB@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So you guessed? You don’t have any kind of way of confirming that figure? I see 37% from some studies. Microsoft itself has monetary estimates but no percentages of stolen software.

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      • praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        37% is very hard to believe with custom built PC. I don’t think more than 90% of all PCs are pirated windows machine. That can’t be. Plently of OEMs and laptops alone will break that number.

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• femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Even if that’s true, custome pcs are a tiny fraction of client computing, oem desktops and especially laptops completely own client computing, most people only ever get a laptop

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  • praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which is why I specifically mentioned custom built pc

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    • femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t understand then, if you know that they are relatively rare, then why do they matter to the discussion at hand?

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      • praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I meant in a way that most of the people who would actually care to know what an operating system is will be against paying for it.

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