There are "activator" bootloaders that trick a pirated copy of Windows into thinking that it's licensed. Of course, any machine with secure boot will already include a licensed copy of Windows 8, but secure boot could prevent people from installing pirated copies of Windows 9.
> will already include a licensed copy of Windows 8
Even if the first thing you do is to disable the damn thing and install your favorite OS. If it's already hard to buy some computers without Windows, this may make it completely impossible.
