JAKARTA - A study in 2018 reported that at least 91 percent of PC users in India used a pirated copy of Windows. In fact, when someone buys a new PC or laptop with Windows already installed, about 80-85 percent of that time, users get pirated copies of the operating system. An interesting thing here is that Microsoft is very aware of this fact as well as the numbers behind it.
Maybe someone thinks that given how tight and litigious most tech companies about their products are used without the right license, companies like Microsoft will send notifications to stop and process hijacking users. In fact, Microsoft doesn't really care if PC users use their Windows pirated copies.
Microsoft actually relies on the fact that someone uses a pirated copy of Windows, during which it is a selected Windows operating system, compared to other alternatives. This applies as long as users and PCs use the operating system for their personal use.
In an interview, Bill Gates, when he served as CEO, president, and major software architect at Microsoft, once stated that as long as people steal software and use pirated operating systems, we want them to steal our products.
The concept behind this thinking is that if Microsoft lets individual users use a pirated copy of Windows, it is likely that people who learn about computers, as well as children, will develop their computer skills around Windows systems. Likewise, schools and educational institutions that use pirated Windows, will have a generation of computer users who prefer the Windows operating system.
However, when someone joins the world of work and has to use a computer, they have to provide machines with Windows, although there are lots of free operating systems and open source out there. Microsoft actually handles Windows hijacking very seriously, if done by business or company.
They sent notifications even to non-profit organizations when they learned that computers used in businesses use pirated Windows. In this case, businesses or companies have to pay for legitimate Windows licenses, which Microsoft is very happy to customize, both in terms of the required services, as well as costs for each machine where their operating system is installed. This is where Microsoft actually gets most of its money from software sales.
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