Microsoft offering software pirates discounts on Microsoft 365 subscriptions

pegleg jokes aside, I think it's an excellent move from Microsoft.

Piracy happens mostly because of a lack of convenience/access or exploitative pricing.

Many people I have spoken to, did not know that the family plans exist. They were under the impression that Office still costs R3000 per PC as it did a few years ago.

They also did not realize that you can purchase it online and the process only takes 10 mins. No need to go to a shop and purchase a boxed version.
 
I tried Office 365 and it worked well. Unfortunately, Microsoft do not accept Paypal in SA, so I found myself a nice copy of Office 21 on the Seas. Happy with that too.
 
The problem with the pirated version is that most anti-virus software keeps deleting the cracks.
It's a constant game of whack-a-mole
Not worth the hassle. Just go legit.
 
A traditional MS business plan - gain market share through piracy and then reel them in. From a 2006 LA Times article that has proved to be prophetic:

“Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, people don’t pay for the software. Someday they will, though,” Gates told an audience at the University of Washington. “And as long as they’re going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.”
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micropiracy9-story.html
 
eg2505 said:
why pay for something we get for free, logic fails me..
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Where do you get it for free?
I can also get electricity for free but illegal connections/bypass is not exactly a way to behave
 
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