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Re:Microsoft: You need to fix your Skype and Microsoft accou... by anotheryou on Thursday April 20, 2017 @02:56PM (#14159690)
every freaking time...

The other day I wanted to check if a windows key I had is still valid for another fresh installation before wiping my HDD. I don't even remeber the whole endavour, but I had to install some specific MS software for it...

Amazon manages to keep multiple accounts of mine, with the same email, but different passwords.

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Re:Microsoft: You need to fix your Skype and Microsoft accou... by shalmanese on Friday April 21, 2017 @11:07AM (#14166220)
Amazon does this because, when it was founded, it was common for entire families to share the same email account so they built in support for multiple accounts mapped to the same email address. I knew someone who was in charge of maintaining it and it was a legacy nightmare mess.
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