this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
942 points (91.4% liked)

Technology

68441 readers
2815 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
942
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
671 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

[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."

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, people just won't upgrade. For the average person there's almost no reason to upgrade anyway.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I dunno. I heard they are shifting the start button to the right side of the screen in 12 and there will be a bing widget that recommends when to wear long underwear based on local weather forecasts. Not sure the masses can resist these upgrades.