Think logically.
How many companies have updated Windows? How many of those updates have replaced the classic concept of an activation key with this new method of 'subscription' activation?
How many of these updates have tied core kernel and OS layers into this activation status?
What happens if Microsoft declines to give you… Say… Walmart… A key?
Yes, there are workarounds and solutions, but we are just six meals from anarchy and our global economy is tied heavily into these things.
Google is ending "Hangouts" to develop a service targeted at businesses to 'improve' their productivity. How do you think that was going to play out if Hillary won?