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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 11 months ago by billiam0202@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Talaraine@kbin.social 78 points 11 months ago (47 children)

Maybe this will finally convince the world to move to Linux Mint

[–] Chais@sh.itjust.works 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (34 children)

You'll be surprised/dismayed how resistant people are to learning something new.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 80 points 11 months ago (9 children)

It's extremely obnoxious to suggest that people don't use Linux because they don't want to learn something new. They don't use it because there's absolutely no need for them to do so when Windows is a fantastic OS for their needs

Even when you're a bit more savvy it's easy to configure Windows to your liking without all the bloat and spying

I'm perfectly happy programming a Pi for little projects so I know Linux wouldn't be a problem for me, but I simply have no need for the hassle

Linux users are like militant vegans; they do more to put people off Linux than promote it

[–] leftzero@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

People don't use Windows because it's a "fantastic" OS for their needs. It very evidently is not "fantastic" (or anywhere close) for anyone's needs but Microsoft's. People use Windows because it comes bundled with their PCs due to Microsoft's monopolistic malpractices, and because they can't get bothered to figure out how to get rid of that bloatware / malware (or, they would get rid of it if possible, but are held hostage by the software — or malware, e.g., Adobe — they need to work only working on Windows, again due to said monopolistic malpractices).

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