[dankwizard]

This one isn't rocket science.

Framework isn't as mass market as your typical laptop competitors. You can make an assumption a purchaser of framework is tech minded / informed shopper.

You can also see their prebuilt option is Windows only.

When going DIY, adding Windows is between $225 and $339 depending on edition.

Most informed shoppers and techheads also know you can go to key selling websites and get completely legal and working Windows keys for <$20.

Why would people volunteer to pay 1000% more?

[kay_o]

Most tech heads would just use the activator, since the key selling sites are simply sending <$20 to criminals for a key that is equally illegal as the activator.

The last few I've seen on G2A were phished/stolen bizspark or similar accounts and bulk "reclaimed". I would imagine most keyshops are similar.

[orphea]

  get completely legal and working Windows keys for <$20

You cannot. The fact that a $20 key may activate Windows doesn't make the installation legal, Windows is still pirated. And you can pirate it $20 cheaper.

[reisse]

It depends on your legal framework. It might be seller's problem, not yours, and 20$ is a price for shifting responsibility.

[jamesnorden]

If you buy a $20 key you're both pirating and giving money to a criminal, so it is, in fact, worse.

[akimbostrawman]

How can it be piracy if the code are valid. Most of these keys come from legal source in other countries with lower prices or from bulk resellers. Either way for many giving more money to microsoft directly is even more unethical.

[dankwizard]

Look into G2A - Nothing illegal about it.