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People pay for windows?
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.
Psst... massgrave.dev
A product key, which allows you to use Windows to its fullest, costs money to Microsoft.
Most people here pirate it or get the price bundled with their manufacturer. It’s surprisingly easy
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.
Sorry, I meant it costs money, which goes to Microsoft. It was poorly worded.
That makes sense. 👍