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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I wouldn't count on that, if the rumor mill of windows 12 being a subscription model ends up true, it will be recieved far worse than 11 did.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was never a thing. Someone took a blurb said by someone on a call, and ran with it. No one fact checked, no one looked at context. At least not until after the articles were out.

The subscription stuff has always been on the enterprise side. Hell, it’s available right now and you don’t see it on the consumer side.

In fact, 11 doesn’t even require activation. You can just install it, never activate, and continue to use it perpetually. How would the next step in their movement away from requiring consumer purchase be to charge monthly for access? Makes no damn sense right out the gate.

[–] chepox@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like I will have to revisit this comment in a few years with 'aged like fine milk'... Hope I am wrong.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's been articles saying that's disproven and it's so far out I don't get why people are even talking about it at all yet really.

Editing to add the following link:

https://www.windowslatest.com/2023/10/16/no-windows-12-is-a-free-upgrade-and-wont-require-a-subscription/