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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
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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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[โ€“] skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't really know how your gonna sell people on this exactly. Like people will just stop buying laptops. The average person just buys a laptop at walmart in the desired size, from any brand. They don't even really think about windows. I just don't really see this working for anyone. What will end up happening is Chromebooks will overtake the laptop market if microsoft goes all in on this.

[โ€“] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You'll go to Walmart and buy a WinBook that connects you to your Windows 365 Cloud PC. If your WinBook dies you toss it in the trash and go buy another one, sign into it with your MSA and pick up right where you left off. If you want to game on it then you buy the "Ultra" edition to do game streaming or you buy an XBox.

The first one is doable today since Microsoft already offers VDs in both M365 for SMB use and "roll your own" VDI in Azure for Large and Enterprise customers. The Second one, streaming gaming, is nearly ready and it creeps a little bit closer all the time.

Subscription based Windows is not only coming but will probably become a very normal use case in the next 10 years.