![]() ![]() Do not do that! My goal is to educate people that the risks of such actions are not worth the costs, and how to get Windows legally. I am not promoting the idea of using illegal keys or pirated software. FOCL! ROFL! LOL! However, I've learned through experience that scams almost always have specific clues that will tell you it's a scam, so call it a quackingly scammish look. Or, " scams don't quack like a scam." Ok, you got me. Or, " scams don't eat like a scam." Scams eat - they eat victims by taking away their wealth and possessions. Or go to a medium and ask Ponzi (mediums are a scam, btw). Or, "scams don't make babies." A successful scam is based on previous successful scams, and will be the template for future ones. ![]() Or, you're thinking, "scams don't swim." I'd say that's like word of mouth, which is less effective than hiring or tricking a celebrity, expert, rich person or influencer, so it's slower.than flying (going viral). ![]() Now you're thinking, "but scams don't fly." Yes they do - they may go viral by being promoted by influencers who do or don't know they're scams. "If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, flies like a duck, makes babies like a duck, eats like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably is." Just replace "duck" with "scam that manipulates you based on your hopes and/or fears". "If it seems too good to be true, then it probably is." After researching, I determined that they are probably a criminal enterprise. I had someone recommend one such vendor (BryteSoft) to me, and another defended that company, located in Hong Kong. Some of what I state will, by proxy, equally apply to other really cheap keys for other companies' products. You'll find blogs, vlogs and reviews about this controversy all over, but I'm going to try to look at this not based on my hopes of super-cheap keys but on legality and Microsoft's public stand. ![]() People sometimes ask about various websites that are selling software keys for $10-$20 or some other very temptingly low price (legit Windows 10 starts at about $140, Windows 11 at $200), especially when it comes to Windows and expensive software (e.g. ![]()
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