They don't care, they would rather let you use pirated MS software than move to Linux. There is a repo on GH with powershell scripts for activating windows/office and they let it sit there. Just checked, repo has 165K stars.
This could be the same, they know devs mostly prefer to use cursor and/or claude than copilot.
Home users are icing on the cake. Suing them for privacy is a bad look (see the RIAA), and using Windows and Office at home reinforces using at work.
On the other hand, since they own GitHub they can (in theory) monitor the downloads, check for IPs belonging to businesses, and use it as evidence in piracy cases.
jlarocco|21 days ago
On the other hand, since they own GitHub they can (in theory) monitor the downloads, check for IPs belonging to businesses, and use it as evidence in piracy cases.
CamperBob2|21 days ago
Not even sure that's true anymore. How else to explain WSL/WSL2? They practically lead you to Linux by the hand these days.
userbinator|21 days ago
anonymars|21 days ago