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Put simply, you cannot grip that was not the original point.
It had a backstory you did not know about because frankly it was irrelevant to the experiment until you barged in and went yada yada with diGiTaL liceNceS aRe sUpeRiOr
People's preferences are gonna differ from yours. Deal with it.
Under the old product key system of licensing with Windows 8/8.1 and previous, anytime that I installed Windows on any computer I needed a product key to activate it (Windows 8/8.1 factory made computers had the product keys stored in BIOS). That meant that I had to have a file somewhere or a piece of paper, or an email with the product key stored somewhere and I had to remember where it was.
With digital licensing for Windows 10/11, I don't need to find the piece of paper, CoA sticker, email or file containing a product key to re-install and activate the same edition of Windows on the same computer. I just need an internet connection, very briefly, for Windows to retrieve the digital license from MS Activation Servers. Thus, in my opinion, the digital license system with Windows 10/11 is superior to the product key activation system used on previous versions of Windows.
Using a product key to obtain the digital license for an install of Windows 10/11 on a never before activated computer is vastly superior than using the MS store to obtain the digital license.
Hello, I use an old Win 7 Pro key for Win 10. Something I noticed; the key saved on my machine is not the same as the Win 7 key. I always wonder how far it will go, if the key is changed when activating Win 10, maybe it will go forever. It's no secret though, that MS would rather you use Win 10, anyway you can, than something else.