He could finally change his accent colors, themes, and lock screen.
Then, the cracks appeared. It started with a translucent watermark in the bottom-right corner:
One Tuesday, while Elias was rendering a heavy video project, his system froze. He tried to run a security scan, but Windows Defender wouldn't update. His "grey market" key was actually a intended for a corporation in Eastern Europe. Microsoft’s servers had flagged it, deactivated it, and left his OS in a state of "reduced functionality."
