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<blockquote data-quote="Marko :)" data-source="post: 1088580" data-attributes="member: 39702">They could totally patch this loophole, but they just don&#039;t want to. Remember: MAS is hosted directly on GitHub (a platform owned by Microsoft) for years and they just refuse to take the repository down. Article you linked even confirms that the same tool is used by Microsoft employees themselves, so they consider the tool to be useful.So why doesn&#039;t Microsoft want to patch the loophole and shut down MAS? Because;<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">They earn more money this way than ever before. Before Windows 10, you&#039;d pay for Windows once (if you paid for it at all) and that&#039;s all the money Microsoft got from you. Now, they have a constant money flow because of ads, sponsored apps installed and data collection. They monetize it all. Companies like to pay for advertising, let alone their apps coming preinstalled on every copy of Windows.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Most of Microsoft revenue now comes from Azure and their other services for companies. Private users, Windows and Office are just tiny chunk of that.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Returning back to the old activation method would only chase the users away and make a loss of revenue. And they obviously don&#039;t want that.</li>
</ol>I&#039;d also like to mention that I wouldn&#039;t call MAS cracking tool. It&#039;s just an collection of activation script using Microsoft&#039;s own methods for doing the same. Software cracking is tampering with original code of software, either by removing or adding new lines of code in other to bypass activation system. MAS isn&#039;t doing any of that. Cracking tools are entirely closed source because their developers don&#039;t want product developers to know how they bypassed their activation system, and so they can hide malware. MAS is entirely open source and well documented.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marko :), post: 1088580, member: 39702"] They could totally patch this loophole, but they just don't want to. Remember: MAS is hosted directly on GitHub (a platform owned by Microsoft) for years and they just refuse to take the repository down. Article you linked even confirms that the same tool is used by Microsoft employees themselves, so they consider the tool to be useful. So why doesn't Microsoft want to patch the loophole and shut down MAS? Because; [LIST=1] [*][B]They earn more money this way than ever before.[/B] Before Windows 10, you'd pay for Windows once (if you paid for it at all) and that's all the money Microsoft got from you. Now, they have a constant money flow because of ads, sponsored apps installed and data collection. They monetize it all. Companies like to pay for advertising, let alone their apps coming preinstalled on every copy of Windows. [*][B]Most of Microsoft revenue now comes from Azure and their other services for companies.[/B] Private users, Windows and Office are just tiny chunk of that. [*][B]Returning back to the old activation method would only chase the users away and make a loss of revenue. [/B]And they obviously don't want that. [/LIST] I'd also like to mention that I wouldn't call MAS cracking tool. It's just an collection of activation script using Microsoft's own methods for doing the same. Software cracking is tampering with original code of software, either by removing or adding new lines of code in other to bypass activation system. MAS isn't doing any of that. Cracking tools are entirely closed source because their developers don't want product developers to know how they bypassed their activation system, and so they can hide malware. MAS is entirely open source and well documented. [/QUOTE]

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