Why Microsoft Doesn’t Care About Windows 11 License Compliance

A former Microsoft employee explains that the company’s revenue model for Windows 11 relies on OEM pre‑install fees and the usage of bundled services like Edge, Bing, Microsoft 365 and Copilot, so it tolerates pirated activations as long as the OS remains in use.

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