Funny thing is, the worse a country's economy gets the less people care about how "legal" their software is so Windows generally just gets accepted to be "free" in some places. Ironically this means low Linux adoption.It is effectively "free".
People buy a new PC, it comes preinstalled. You don't see an individual line item on your receipt for "Windows OS".
And the vast majority of windows users do it with a prebuilt.
The small number of DIY builders...can upgrade their current Win 10 license, for free.
Single Win 10 or 11 licenses make up a tiny tiny portion of MS profits.
For that reason alone nvm relative internet unreliability Win11 could mean a drastic loss of market share in some regions if the forced live accounts thing actually becomes unbypassable.
First world economies just don't seem to understand that there is absolutely no reason that you can expect a completely reliable internet connection all the time and it's not unusual everywhere to have no internet for large stretches of time.