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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by erwinkle on Monday August 21, 2017 @01:46PM (#15066213)
Well for starters, you could pirate any version of windows for free and load it up on practically any hardware. Can't say the same about mac os unless you want to take the painful route of making a hackintosh
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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by Karunamon on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:00PM (#15066319)
And they made a number of legitimate attempts to clamp down on that. First with CD keys, then with online activation, then Windows Genuine Advantage. Of course, they didn't succeed, because the phrase "successful DRM" is an oxymoron.
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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by wongarsu on Monday August 21, 2017 @03:37PM (#15067157)
Their attempt to clamp down on that only really started with Windows XP, when they already had a near-monopoly. Earlier version technically had a CD Key, but I don't think those actually did anything as long as you passed the key along together with the CD.
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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by dagw on Monday August 21, 2017 @04:14PM (#15067468)
They didn't really try to clamp down until they'd become really dominant. Up until Windows XP they basically did nothing to stop you pirating Windows.
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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by erwinkle on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:02PM (#15066339)
Yep! Apple had the upper hand with this by having limited hardware compatibility.
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Re:The Windows App Store Is Full of Pirate Streaming Apps by simonh on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:02AM (#15073071)
Linux is designed to run on pretty much anything, OS/2 was pretty pirateabld and even given away for free at one point. I don't really see that pirating the OS made much difference especially since almost everyone got windows for free with their PC.

Windows came to dominate because of Office. You only pirate something you already want to use.

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