G2A is a very similar site and it's known to be an absolutely rampant issue there - I doubt kinguin is any better for morality when it comes to how they get their commission.Kinguin offers a wide selection of games covering all gaming genres from multiple gaming developers. I also expect you'd be surprised just how many are purchased on stolen credit cards. If you're talking serious moral or ethical concerns, no, but it should not be painted as correct in much the same way piracy isn't. Education, Volume license, and other keys are not legally resellable usually. They take the excess keys and sell them to someone else who sells them to us. Maybe $5 for what they charge $200 in the USA becuase we have money. They are cheap because certain poor countries have schools that pay almost nothing for windows from microsoft because its for educational reasons. Most of the keys are international keys that are legit and not stolen. You still recieve updates and it works fine, you just can't change the background and some other things that are just annoying, but it still works. My last computer build had an OEM key for 2 years with no issue.įYI, some people never even bother to activate their copy of Windows 10. Sometimes you have to call the robo microsoft number if your key doesn't work and follow the simple instructions to activate it. For yourself, the only effects you would feel are that Windows would revert back to its unactivated state and then you'd have to waste time trying to get Kinguin to fix it - which as I understand is a losing proposition.Įither way, these websites basically act as sharks for goods purchased by theft or stolen credit cards, so you shouldn't give them your business.
MS can crack down very harshly on businesses found to be using illegitimate licenses. The only reason to be worried is if it were for a business. If I buy one and after 6 months and it comes up stolen or illegal will something happen to my Microsoft account Windows 10 will however work (theoretically) into perpetuity without it. It's worth noting that you can use windows 10 legally without a license key, but it does have a few restrictions such as an inability to set a background. You might get a working key, but I wouldn't bet on it, and so if you can afford to gamble be my guest, but otherwise you should use a legal key. Kinguin's keys generally last just about long enough that they have no liability - one of the reasons they're notoriously cheap.
Often you will get a "working" key, but when it comes time for its 6 month check in with the Volume licensing server of the company it was stolen/illegally resold from, it will fail, since you are not part of that company. The fact is that many of the keys on Kinguin are stolen or sold in violation of the governing license agreements.
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