bridgeenjoyer comments on Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet

Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)

submitted 10 months 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.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

You must not play most of the top 5 fps games then lol.

Literally everything a "normal" gamer plays is not supported on linux.

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[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Normal gamers don't just play FPS lol

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeahh they do. 90% of kids with a ps5 wanna play bf6 and pubg etc type games. And if a normie even thinks of gamer they think of fortnite bf and cod.

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[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

We're talking about Windows vs Linux, not consoles. A normie will think of roblox, which blows all consoles as well as steam/EPIC/etc out of the water.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago

True

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