• moriquende@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      You can get a legit Windows 11 key for like 5 bucks, no reason not to install it honestly. Even if only for dual booting, it can save you a lot of headaches.

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      10 months ago

      A product key, which allows you to use Windows to its fullest, costs money to Microsoft.

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        10 months ago

        That’s a myth that people need to stop spreading.

        Microsoft is a business. Microsoft is also not stupid. If it cost them more to provide a product than it makes them, they wouldn’t provide it. They’re is a huge amount of examples of them doing this. They don’t provide it because they’re nicer guys.

        Microsoft uses Windows, and all of it’s products, as a vehicle for Azure and advertisers. Everything they do feeds into that one way or another.

        Microsoft stopped being a software company some time ago.

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        10 months ago

        Most people here pirate it or get the price bundled with their manufacturer. It’s surprisingly easy