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by jjeaff 2625 days ago
There is also more important things at stake that make it very shortsighted and petty on Tesla's part to deny service.

Microsoft understands this which is why they offer updates to known pirated versions of their software.

Making things difficult for a few pirates is less important to them that making sure things stay secure. They also don't want a bunch of windows systems out there, slow due to viruses mucking up their reputation.