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Those strings could be anything - For all we know, it's just tracking office 365 subscription status/enterprise enrollment, or tracking windows account notification subscriptions, or any of a hundred other valid reasons.
Those terms are just too generic to be particularly meaningful.
If Microsoft does, I am not using Windows 12, I am going to Ubuntu. I won't even pirate it. I refuse to pay a subscription for an OS, that should be pay once and be done paying.
Better chose another distro, https://ubuntu.com/pro/subscribe
The features option will make more O/S options like photo and video editing apps a subscription type model. Pay $10 a year and get the advanced features.
Either way, I think this should help Apple and open source operating systems.
If Microsoft does, I am not using Windows 12, I am going to Ubuntu. I won't even pirate it. I refuse to pay a subscription for an OS, that should be pay once and be done paying.
You are already paying a subscription for an OS. How old is your computer, 4 years-5 years old? Take $200 (cost of OS) and it's $40 or $50 a year or $3-4 dollars a month. Same applies for Apple Mac OS you just pay the $200 in the price of the $2,000 computure.
The critical difference is that amortization decreases your cost per unit time with use. More use, better value.
Subscriptions do not work that way. Having to pay $50/year for a 5 year old laptop doesn't excite.
I've wondered why microsoft hasn't done this already. The $oftware boys already have a full explainer about why $aa$ is the best thing since open source, so why shouldn't Microsoft jump on board too? C'mon SaaS devs, tell me again about value add and how you love paying monthly for the software you use...
The alternative is that everyone thinks they can code an alternative during a weekend.
Not some crazy "not made in house - gonna code it myself" crap... that seems like some weird personal thing.
Approach software as a set of tools, with the expectation that you must learn and master its use, but then you will be functional and productive for a long time.
That's what stand-alone installers or self-hosted alternatives are. They require more learning, but they don't sell you out, close down, jack up the price, or turn off features because it's "not generating new users".
They also don't randomly rework the UI nearly as often because "if it's not shiny we can't sell it".
But they do require more work and learning up front. For me, at least... that tradeoff is a clear and easy win.
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Good software is like good woodworking tools - hard to master, but very productive once you're there. SaaS is always the opposite: Super easy to start, incredibly frustrating to be a power user.
Saas doesn't want power users - it wants more subscriptions.
I think they will offer two options, advertising or advanced features. The advertising option speaks for itself. The will put ads in different parts of the O/S. Kiss goodbye to any privacy you thought you had. The features option will make more O/S options like photo and video editing apps a subscription type model. Pay $10 a year and get the advanced features. Either way, I think this should help Apple and open sour…
Hell, I don't even know what's the difference between Windows 7 and 11
If Microsoft does, I am not using Windows 12, I am going to Ubuntu. I won't even pirate it. I refuse to pay a subscription for an OS, that should be pay once and be done paying.
If Microsoft does, I am not using Windows 12, I am going to Ubuntu. I won't even pirate it. I refuse to pay a subscription for an OS, that should be pay once and be done paying.
You are already paying a subscription for an OS. How old is your computer, 4 years-5 years old? Take $200 (cost of OS) and it's $40 or $50 a year or $3-4 dollars a month. Same applies for Apple Mac OS you just pay the $200 in the price of the $2,000 computure.