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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

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[โ€“] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"What else can we do that's hostile to our customers?"

The next move will be bringing back Clippy and then a full-screen ad that you have to dismiss every ten seconds.

[โ€“] JSens1998@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

They did bring back clippy, they just renamed him to Copilot and sold his soul to the devil for "better" functionality.