Proton 5.13: A Massive Update

Re:Proton 5.13: A Massive Update by goldcd on Saturday October 17, 2020 @06:20PM (#24813872)

Just that - Win 10 Pro keys are dirt cheap from many online key sellers - and just work. I suspect that and OEM sales are how 99% of windows licenses are now sold - unless you know of people who buy them in a box from a store. Was a little bit 'worrisome' before that MS might clamp down - but the last decade of 'free updates' and 'Win 10 will just evolve' indicates their thinking. Windows is near-as-damnit a free platform (which MS can then use as upsell from)

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Re:Proton 5.13: A Massive Update by viraptor on Sunday October 18, 2020 @02:45AM (#24815971)

And now that you can just install windows 10 pro and click "nah, I'll give you the license code later", many people won't even bother. As far as I can tell, the message in the corner is the only issue without activation.

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Re:Proton 5.13: A Massive Update by bitwize on Sunday October 18, 2020 @03:35AM (#24816151)

Windows 10 is pretty much shareware at this point. You can download the full version for $0, just with features knocked out until you pay to "register".

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