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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish75•5 months agofun fact, windows is posted on the web: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
minus-squareRefurbished RefurbisherlinkfedilinkEnglish86•edit-25 months agoMicrosoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market. They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk. There’s a reason massgravel’s scripts are hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub platform and hasn’t been taken down.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoIf that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??
minus-squareRefurbished RefurbisherlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoThey already have a free version of Windows. Just don’t activate it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•5 months agoMy one dark hope is AI will be enough of an impetus for somebody to update DMCA
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•5 months agoIf that gets updated, then it will favor big corporations.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoOnly because our “representatives” let them write the law entirely. Imagine if Congress wasn’t filled to the brim with 80 year old fundraisers…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoWhen is the last time a crisis resulted in a better solution for the general public?
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fun fact, windows is posted on the web: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Microsoft would prefer that you pirate Windows rather than use Linux, as it further entrenches their dominance in the market.
They mainly make their money off of business licenses anyway, similar to Adobe and Autodesk.
There’s a reason massgravel’s scripts are hosted on Microsoft’s GitHub platform and hasn’t been taken down.
If that’s the case, then why not release a free home version??
They already have a free version of Windows. Just don’t activate it.
My one dark hope is AI will be enough of an impetus for somebody to update DMCA
If that gets updated, then it will favor big corporations.
Only because our “representatives” let them write the law entirely. Imagine if Congress wasn’t filled to the brim with 80 year old fundraisers…
When is the last time a crisis resulted in a better solution for the general public?