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Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

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Re: Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

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Post by mekster »

There can't be a subscription based Windows.

People refuse to pay (intentionally or financially) and they won't receive security updates on older OS and see how the world unfolds.

It's already a mess that people are using so many different Windows versions and MS took the effort to beg users to upgrade. They will be unwinding that effort altogether not to mention bug the developers to support so many different OS versions.

Apple has always been right that they release OS upgrades freely and see how much saner it is.

Re: Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

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Post by Aeolun »

hilbert42 wrote: post #122
itsrobforreal wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There will never be any price you can pay MS to give up telemetry and tracking

I'm surprised some enterprising hackers haven't hacked the binaries to nuke telemetry permanently (one used to see lots of Win hacks in the past). But then, perhaps I've not been looking hard enough (I mostly use Penguin).

I think some enterprising hackers have long ago switched to a less hostile OS.

Re: Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

#154

Post by john_the_writer »

I think if they did this manufacturers would get sued. You have to have windows on some computers. They're locked in. If you further have to pay, this might brick the device, and that I think would mean violating your rights of ownership.

Re: Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

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Post by donor20 »

john_the_writer wrote: post #154

I think if they did this manufacturers would get sued. You have to have windows on some computers. They're locked in. If you further have to pay, this might brick the device, and that I think would mean violating your rights of ownership.

Huh? When you buy or install windows 12 they will ask you to agree to the subscription terms. You don’t own windows even now in most cases

Re: Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

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Post by navjack27 » 

  We currently have two main versions of Windows 11 - Home and Professional, which cost a set price and include free updates for the lifetime of the operating system.
I don't know about you but I personally paid for windows pro for workstations.

Re: Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak

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Post by Waterluvian »

bioneuralnet wrote: post #152

How did we all get stuck in the worst possible [tech] timeline?

This isn’t quite the worst.

The worst never had globally free GPS or the Internet. It was all always totally private orgs with subscription services.

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