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by raxxorrax 2758 days ago
Considering the quality and the fact that Win10 actually serves you adds and sells telemetry information, I think the price should be even lower.

The consumer has the responsibility to check the validity of the product, sure, but this is ridiculously unfeasible for digital licenses. A lot of companies actually do buy these 10$ keys and I don't blame them.

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Any source on them selling telemetry data?
They haven't provided one, but I'm guessing if someone provides a source, it'll be a link to Microsoft's ads products. They'll argue this information _could_ be used to target users for advertisements, even though it might not be.
like this?

https://law.stackexchange.com/a/1848/1059

you're dismissive, but they've specifically claimed the legal right to sell your usage data. it seems pretty clear to me.