Comment on "The **Most open** Operating System"

iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most open for frustration. Most open for ads. Most open for taking away control from the user.

  Trust me, in a few years windows will be a monthly subscription, still filled with ads and no control over your own pc. Windows 10 will turn to a yearly subscription already. 30 dollars per year per pc for security updates. Office is already subscription based. Companies smell money, want to turn everything to a subscription.

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  • Jesus_666@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Windows 360¹ will cost 30 bucks a year (adjusted for inflation) and will automatically upgrade you to the latest version of Windows as soon as it comes out. Additional benefits include improved security by blocking non-Store software and having your OS settings managed by Microsoft – Windows 360 will even automatically restore them if they should end up getting changed, e.g. if Recall somehow ends up disabled.

    ¹ Not to be confused with Windows 365, which is an entirely different thing.

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    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So nice of them to manage my settings, even restore them when I changed any. Blocking non-store software is also great, forcing people to use the store is something Apple has done forever and totally doesn’t create a monopoly position and never restricts access or anything…

      Paying money to give them total control. Are you fucking kidding me. They can shove an entire mid-tower pc case up their asses, lube is only on a subscription base available (1 drop of lube for just 7,99 per month, or 3 drops for a premium subscription of just 18,99 per month!)

      These days I’d say Microsoft is getting even worse then Apple with extorting their customers.

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  • Irelephant@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I doubt microsoft will force consumers to pay, but that could happen to business.

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    • hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Damn, I fucking hate the word “consumer”. It sounds like people are eating their pcs.

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      • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t? Really nice with some basil.

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      • psycho_driver@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It sounds like people are eating their pcs.

        Can we find a way to monetize this practice?

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      • ignotum@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Am i not supposed to do that? What’s the point of computers then?

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    • LordWiggle@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Windows365 is close to release. Subscription based OS without local storage. Not just for businesses.

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      • iAvicenna@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        makes me want to vomit

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• xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They are as open as OpenAI

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