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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)
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Leaks confirm low takeup for Windows 11::Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?

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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (6 children)

The rumor of Windows going subscription based is so cooked. There's no way that happens. It's a shitty rumor based on huge speculation that already has better explanations.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    IIRC, it was internal Microsoft file/mail.

    E: INI file in the Canary channel.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    That indicated they were tracking subscriptions....

    And everyone jumped to the conclusion that it was to Windows. Because that made a better story than Xbox, Office, or any of the other products Microsoft makes.

    Turns out, it wasn't Windows after all.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    I'm not speaking to any specific reports. I just think that some day Microsoft will make it a subscription because that's where they've taken everything. You'll have to sign up for a new "w365" which will have the office suite and the OS will live in Azure. They will be like Chromebooks, but for Windows. Naturally, there will be tiers for storage and pro apps, a business tier, and a government tier.

    I hope it doesn't come to that, but if it does, I don't want to be a part of it. On the business side, I think it's already headed that way. It may not be a subscription for Windows, but it will be thin clients running stuff in the cloud. It's already possible, I think it will be the mainstream someday.

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