Why has the supremacy of the Windows system never been shaken? A very important reason is that he has never embarrassed you and has always been acquiescing to the problem of piracy in developing countries.
For example: Apple phone is better than Xiaomi phone, Apple phone performance is 100, selling 10,000 pieces; Xiaomi mobile phone performance is 70, selling a thousand pieces.
In this mode, Xiaomi has room for survival and development, and it is even possible to slowly challenge Apple with the accumulation of technology.
But if Apple sells a thousand pieces directly, then Xiaomi will die directly, and there will only be Apple on the market.
Apple can't sell for a thousand because he has a cost.
After Windows was developed, the cost of replication was negligible.
In the case of three or four pirate disks and even no money, as long as your performance is slightly worse than Windows, you will be destroyed. How can all kinds of open source software engaged in by scattered soldiers and small companies surpass Windows developed by a large company like Microsoft in the short term in terms of performance.
If Windows completely banned piracy by technical means, a large number of companies like Xiaomi would surely grow in the Chinese software field in the 1990s.
Piracy is a zero-tariff dumping, and by acquiescing to piracy, Microsoft has completely eliminated all potential competitors in China's vast market.