Comment by giancarlostoro
3 months ago
Last I ever bothered to buy a CD key I got it off one of those gaming key sites. I have since moved on to Linux, but you can get a Pro key really cheap on those sites. I refuse to overspend to upgrade what should have been a computer with Windows Pro OOTB. If you spend over 2 grand on any computer you should not be getting Windows Home edition.
I have to ask, why even bother paying some key site? It is violating the terms of the license agreement anyway, so why not just pirate?
I guess if things get ugly they have some (terrible) plausible deniability? “What do you mean my $10 Windows Enterprise key is stolen? I thought that was the going rate. Linux is free”
Who is violating the terms? The seller or the buyer?
If it’s the seller, would Microsoft go after the buyer?
Both. Microsoft would probably never go after the buyer, but I just wondered the justification people buying from the grey market are - legally speaking in many places, you're just paying money to pirate it - it's not a valid license.
It's even more pointless now that I've just given up on Windows and use Linux.