Probabl Edit: lol

How does a global spending shutdown work for those outside the US? just not buy US stuff?

As with every scam, the target are those that get most easily fooled.

You can download certain iso files directly from windows:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/

Edit: also cant you skip account creation and license key on every version? literally skipped those yesterday on an OEM preinstalled win 11

I dont think Telegram is something that I would call an “encrypted messenger”