I doubt microsoft will force consumers to pay, but that could happen to business.
Comment on "The **Most open** Operating System"
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 15 hours agoMost 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.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
Damn, I fucking hate the word “consumer”. It sounds like people are eating their pcs.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
It sounds like people are eating their pcs.
Can we find a way to monetize this practice?
ignotum@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Am i not supposed to do that? What’s the point of computers then?
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
idk
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Windows365 is close to release. Subscription based OS without local storage. Not just for businesses.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
makes me want to vomit
Jesus_666@lemmy.world 11 hours 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.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 11 hours 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.