• TheGreatFox@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Cheap license sites (windows, games, etc) usually use keys bought via stolen credit cards. Pirating it is much better than buying from those sites, including for the devs that get punished for chargebacks from those keys.

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      1 year ago

      Tbh if you want gray area keys. Microsoftsoftwareswap has always had verified users selling business generated licenses keys. If you HAVE to buy a key, at least buy one from vetted people and not some rando on a seller site

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      1 year ago

      the devs that get punished for chargebacks from those keys.

      Just to be clear… in the case of Windows, that would be M$…?

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      1 year ago

      So, hurting Microsoft and getting a cheap Windows key? Where’s the downside?