That may come across as surprising to a lot of you, and some of you might be ready to fight me on that with, "Microsoft is letting you do it, so it's not piracy." To those people I say please read on first, and after reading everything if you still have a concern feel free to follow up. So I do hate to have to make this post, but I've seen countless people in this particular sub-forum recommend just running Windows 10 without getting a genuine key and activating in order to cut costs of the build. By the way, I should also mention that since the original post, I have reached out to Microsoft via tech support, and the gentleman I got on the phone did say that it is considered piracy, however they are currently not taking any action over it (which was never the argument to begin with). I've always considered Tom's users to be a little more level-headed so I'd like to know what all of your thoughts are on the matter. So in my eyes, it seems they are promoting piracy over there. A moderator disagreed with my position and locked the thread, stating that it was okay to have Windows 10 perpetually inactive. I created a post about how that is defined as piracy (please read below, that is the original post with many details and sources for why that is true). On that forum there are constantly people recommending installing Windows 10 without a key and leaving it inactivated forever as a way to save money on their build. I'm posting here to discuss a situation that arose over on Linus Tech Tips' forums.
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