▲ 942 ▼ Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com) submitted 3 years ago by billiam0202@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 667 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."
[–] AccSwtch50@lemmy.world 32 points 3 years ago (4 children) Uhhhhh.... https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/no-of-course-windows-12-wont-require-a-subscription-to-use permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] spwyll@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, and... https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-version-of-windows permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago Kinda... https://www.pcworld.com/article/394724/why-is-there-a-windows-11-if-windows-10-is-the-last-windows.html permalink fedilink source parent [–] peedub@lemmy.nz 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) From the article: These references are almost definitely tied to the newly discovered "IoT Enterprise Subscription" edition of Windows 11, not the client version of Windows vNext. With that said, I don't think it's unlikely that the next version of Windows will have some new capabilities that require a subscription to utilize, tied to your Microsoft account and services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago That would make sense. With business buying so many of their licenses as subscriptions anyways, especially o365. That an enterprise version designed to unlock all the features of azure ad and intune would be a subscription product is logical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spwyll@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, and... https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/7/8568473/windows-10-last-version-of-windows permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago Kinda... https://www.pcworld.com/article/394724/why-is-there-a-windows-11-if-windows-10-is-the-last-windows.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 years ago Kinda... https://www.pcworld.com/article/394724/why-is-there-a-windows-11-if-windows-10-is-the-last-windows.html permalink fedilink source parent
[–] peedub@lemmy.nz 11 points 3 years ago (1 child) From the article: These references are almost definitely tied to the newly discovered "IoT Enterprise Subscription" edition of Windows 11, not the client version of Windows vNext. With that said, I don't think it's unlikely that the next version of Windows will have some new capabilities that require a subscription to utilize, tied to your Microsoft account and services. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago That would make sense. With business buying so many of their licenses as subscriptions anyways, especially o365. That an enterprise version designed to unlock all the features of azure ad and intune would be a subscription product is logical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago That would make sense. With business buying so many of their licenses as subscriptions anyways, especially o365. That an enterprise version designed to unlock all the features of azure ad and intune would be a subscription product is logical. permalink fedilink source parent