[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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That would be great. It would make it a lot easier to convince people to try Ubuntu.
Fair enough. Give me a clean windows without ads, auto installs from the store, telemetry and other data theft, Cortana/copilot/clippy, onedrive, edge, teams, Microsoft account and nag screens and I will gladly pay 1€ per month. Otherwise, Linux it is.
Sign me up! I need yet another monthly subscription!
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It’s not free, when you pay for a laptop or something that has a valid windows license on it, it’s actually included in the price of that laptop
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What support lmao
I mean, how the hell wouldn’t it? What’s more surprising to me is that they didn’t do this with 11. Everyone is totally used to this model at this point and while we all hate it, it’s become the accepted way of living for most tech products now. If you are a big corporation and can get away with making customers rent your product instead of buy it, you are going to make so much more money. Of course they will choose this.
I’m somewhat amused by the fact that lots of people are suggesting Linux as an alternative but can’t agree on which flavor to use as the alternative.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Linux is awesome, but this is the problem. You’re never going to get the saturation necessary to bring average consumers over in significant numbers until they have a clear choice.
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Look at reactOS for a redo of golden-age windows.
IF there is going the be a subscription based windows version, it’s most likely going the be the cloud version of Windows 11
I doubt that Windows 12 itself will require a subscription. There will probably be a subscription for all the AI trash Micro$oft has been implementing into the OS.
Microsoft would be as stupid as your typical League of Legends player for going down that route. Doing this would be an own-goal and would give Linux market share instantly.
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autokms is gonna get a lot more popular if microsoft do this
I would switch to Linux… Gaming has gotten much better on it thanks to proton.
