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Petition Calls on Microsoft to Extend Windows 10 Support | PCMag (www.pcmag.com)
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I'm all for it.

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[–] 25 points 2 years ago* (10 children)

I wouldn't count on that, if the rumor mill of windows 12 being a subscription model ends up true, it will be recieved far worse than 11 did.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I thought it was a little far-fetched as well, but there was a post I believe it was here a few weeks back of people that were running the windows 12 beta snooping around the code and seeing references to subscription classification and typing

    This is a PC mag article that refers to it. it doesn't go in as depth as the other post did

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Hold the fucking goddamn phone... We don't even have 11 in full swing and they're making 12!? What the actual fuck Microsoft?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I think Microsoft has gotten so used to the swing back and forth that they just assume 12 is going to be a banger. I can think of no worse setup for a train wreck of a release than 12 being the first Microsoft built major OS to break this mold since XP and end up being the 2nd OS in a row that bombed and drove away market share.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This was never a thing. Someone took a blurb said by someone on a call, and ran with it. No one fact checked, no one looked at context. At least not until after the articles were out.

    The subscription stuff has always been on the enterprise side. Hell, it’s available right now and you don’t see it on the consumer side.

    In fact, 11 doesn’t even require activation. You can just install it, never activate, and continue to use it perpetually. How would the next step in their movement away from requiring consumer purchase be to charge monthly for access? Makes no damn sense right out the gate.

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