▲ 829 ▼ Microsoft wants to hide the 'Sign out' button in Windows 11 behind a Microsoft 365 ad (www.neowin.net) submitted 2 years ago by Frellwit@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 294 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Vendul@feddit.de 48 points 2 years ago (7 children) https://massgrave.dev/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Robin@lemmy.world 83 points 2 years ago (6 children) Piracy is not a real solution to the problem. Microsoft allows these sorts of things to exist in the background because they would rather lose out on some sales than lose market share. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Inktvip@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda the same thing as winrar. They rather have consumers get used to it so the companies they work at have a higher chance of buying licenses. That's where the real money is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago Ding ding ding! Like how Adobe puts minimal effort into protecting from cracks for their software. They'd much rather have little Jimmy and a million others pirate PS at home and get used to the workflow, so that businesses pay out big recurring fees for Adobe's tools, which they will if that's what everybody knows how to use. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Piracy is their weapon. If not for piracy, ex-USSR countries wouldn't transition to Windows till around 2009, and I'd expect that in such an alternative reality they wouldn't then too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Piracy is the solution when what you think you're buying is not what you're getting and the company that you're buying changes the product without your consent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vendul@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago aka spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robin@lemmy.world 83 points 2 years ago (6 children) Piracy is not a real solution to the problem. Microsoft allows these sorts of things to exist in the background because they would rather lose out on some sales than lose market share. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Inktvip@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda the same thing as winrar. They rather have consumers get used to it so the companies they work at have a higher chance of buying licenses. That's where the real money is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago Ding ding ding! Like how Adobe puts minimal effort into protecting from cracks for their software. They'd much rather have little Jimmy and a million others pirate PS at home and get used to the workflow, so that businesses pay out big recurring fees for Adobe's tools, which they will if that's what everybody knows how to use. permalink fedilink source parent [–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Piracy is their weapon. If not for piracy, ex-USSR countries wouldn't transition to Windows till around 2009, and I'd expect that in such an alternative reality they wouldn't then too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Piracy is the solution when what you think you're buying is not what you're getting and the company that you're buying changes the product without your consent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vendul@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago aka spyware permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Inktvip@lemm.ee 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Kinda the same thing as winrar. They rather have consumers get used to it so the companies they work at have a higher chance of buying licenses. That's where the real money is. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago Ding ding ding! Like how Adobe puts minimal effort into protecting from cracks for their software. They'd much rather have little Jimmy and a million others pirate PS at home and get used to the workflow, so that businesses pay out big recurring fees for Adobe's tools, which they will if that's what everybody knows how to use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago Piracy is their weapon. If not for piracy, ex-USSR countries wouldn't transition to Windows till around 2009, and I'd expect that in such an alternative reality they wouldn't then too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Piracy is the solution when what you think you're buying is not what you're getting and the company that you're buying changes the product without your consent. permalink fedilink source parent