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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The base piece of software for your computer being tied to a subscription is unacceptable, period.

Subscriptions are already too heavily pushed and for the most part are just being used to eek more money out of people.

I'm sure this subscription will also get mixed with the ads systems they are bolting into Windows and that stuff is already unacceptable.

Microsoft is treating the market as cattle to farm money, their behavior quite frankly has strayed into morally reprehensible. "Cooling jets" is not necessary, breaking up Microsoft is.