XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-09-05 15:33, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 9/5/2025 6:12 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> You can be sold an MAK license that could get all its activations   
   >>>>> used up, that can't happen if you buy a key that is individually   
   >>>>> yours. The digital license will work with the first device but   
   >>>>> won't transfer to another.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You keep making excuses...   
   >>>   
   >>> That's a funny thing for you to say when you're excusing   
   >>> circumventing the license agreements and assailing doing the right   
   >>> thing.  I like doing things the honest way.  $146 isn't outrageous   
   >>> for the basic license.   
   >>   
   >> I'm not excusing any such thing.   
   >>   
   >> And while $146 isn't outrageous, I agree, I find your posture very   
   >> strange for someone who claims about Macs costing more.   
   >   
   >   
   > If I'm buying a System Builder or retail license I'm assembling   
   > hardware, you bet your sweet ass it'll blow away what Apple's offering.   
   > I was on such a budget with this PC that I'm accepting their gift of an   
   > MAK activation.  But I had two modern Windows Pro licenses that I gave   
   > away.   
   And you want it both ways!   
      
   Cheap is good when you use it to compare against a Mac, but cheap is bad   
   when someone else uses it!   
      
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