meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leakwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down158 cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareEpicFailGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 year agoYUP! And then something like a 1 year free demo when you buy a computer from an OEM … to make sure all the normies get used to it. Right of the M$ playbook. I for once can’t wait, it’s going to be a fun dumpster fire to watch
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSeems a dumb way to destroy the desktop PC market. People will feel scammed that after one year everything needs a subscription, will dump that shit on eBay, prices will crash, and the market will be dominated by iPads with mouse and keyboards
YUP! And then something like a 1 year free demo when you buy a computer from an OEM … to make sure all the normies get used to it.
Right of the M$ playbook.
I for once can’t wait, it’s going to be a fun dumpster fire to watch
Seems a dumb way to destroy the desktop PC market.
People will feel scammed that after one year everything needs a subscription, will dump that shit on eBay, prices will crash, and the market will be dominated by iPads with mouse and keyboards