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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a "Subscription Edition," "Subscription Type," and a "subscription status."

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Good thing that not one OS is Windows in our household and workshop.

There is literally no advantage in using Windows anymore for us.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I dare them to try

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I want to see MICROSOFT burning along with streaming services, not only for the subscriptions they want to offer, but because they think they can do what ever they want, and that we will say yes and hand them the money! (harsh I know) What they want to achieve with subscription idea? profit monthly ? make more money than before? Yet people can install linux, but in our side as linux users, we have to provide safe interaction in linux environment to new uers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

BWahahahahaaaaaa! Ahhhh shoot that’s funny.

That’s the most Microsoft thing ever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Steamdeck ahoy, then. The only reason I have a Windows box at all is for gaming.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Too sad that there is not the Office suite for Linux because it's really powerful
(I do use Open and LibreOffice at work. Personally they are mostly worse in comparison.)

Besides that I don't have a high dependance except for games. And looking at my SteamDeck it's not a high dependency.
If Steam can solve the anticheat and maybe even releases SteamOS as a desktop distro it would be very tempting to switch if I can't get anything else than a subscription or a free key.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Microsoft can suck the juices out of my ass and thank me for it.

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