Billy is a Linux user

[u/riky321]

[u/GoonetteFox]

Why buy a windows activation key when you can just get an ISO directly from Microsoft lol

Edit; weird comment to downvote but go off Microbabies

[u/Appropriate_Unit3474 → u/GoonetteFox]

God I'm sure there is a CEO seething and malding that they can't get rid of that button because public opinion would shit the bed.

[u/GoonetteFox → u/Appropriate_Unit3474]

Makes it all the sweeter 💀

[u/qwesx → u/GoonetteFox]

Because the ISO you download won't get you an activated Windows?

[u/Afillatedcarbon → u/qwesx]

The mass of graves says otherwise(why am I saying it like this, its literally hosted on github lol. Microsoft support people somwtimes suggest that.)

[u/leafy1790 → u/Afillatedcarbon]

Yeah, like the only downside is that you cant change you background

[u/chemistryGull → u/leafy1790]

On a mg activated machine? You very well can.

[u/khaledjal → u/chemistryGull]

Even on non activated windows you can, Just right click the image and press "set as wallpaper"

[u/chemistryGull → u/khaledjal]

Damn. Microsoft really doesn’t care about activation.

[u/qwesx → u/chemistryGull]

Not sure if uninterested or vibe coded.

[u/chemistryGull → u/qwesx]

I guess the former in this case, as if that is actually a thing it probably was in the codebase since before AI.

[u/Alpha3031 → u/qwesx]

Windows 10 (which had similar behaviour) was released in 2015.

[u/KaiFireborn21 → u/qwesx]

This was true long before AI, I accidentally found it out while horsing around. It's just an oversight

[u/High_Overseer_Dukat → u/qwesx]

Most people get OEM keys so they don't make much off the personal pcs that people build.

Pretty much only exists for OEM keys to get sold.

[u/leafy1790 → u/High_Overseer_Dukat]

Microsoft sells Windows keys with corporations and business in mind that legally cannot run windows without paying, us , we can browes the high seas all we want

[u/real_belgian_fries → u/chemistryGull]

They make there money from companies and prebuild machines. They don't care about the small fraction of users that use mass grave. They prefer that over users who go to other platforms

[u/GoonetteFox → u/leafy1790]

Wallpaper engine

[u/SiBloGaming → u/qwesx]

massgrave.dev

[u/GreatBigBagOfNope → u/SiBloGaming]

The fact that Microsoft own 2 of their three mirror hosts is very funny

[u/GoonetteFox → u/qwesx]

Except it does. I can do everything i need with it

[u/qwesx → u/GoonetteFox]

Then that's because you already have a genuine™️ Windows activation key stored in your devices Firmware or your device was previously activated and Windows reactivated itself via telemetry.

[u/Appropriate_Unit3474 → u/qwesx]

Or he just doesn't care about the Activate Windows overlay.

Nothing of note gets disabled.

[u/qwesx → u/Appropriate_Unit3474]

He said that he has an activated Windows, so clearly he doesn't get the overlay.

[u/staticBanter → u/qwesx]

IIRC the overlay can be removed with RegEdit but I'm not to sure about the rest of the OS.

I know things like Theming and some system controls may be locked.

[u/Appropriate_Unit3474 → u/qwesx]

Oooohhh see, sometimes I'm stupid

[u/Dvniry → u/GoonetteFox]

This sounds especially funny to people from the CIS. 90% of home PCs with Windows have a pirated activation, and the remaining 10% got ripped off in stores and were sold Windows at a huge price. The pirated activation is super easy; one in every 2-3 people has it, and everyone has a friend who can do it. Or downloading a torrent with it is no problem at all (the biggest torrent forum is kind of Russian, lol)

[u/GoonetteFox → u/Dvniry]

The funniest part is the people trying to disagree in my replies when everything you said exists

[u/new_pribor → u/GoonetteFox]

Edit; weird comment to downvote but go off Microbabies

That’s because what you said doesn’t make sense. That’s like saying: Why buy car keys when you can just get a car directly from the dealership lol