Reports suggest that Microsoft may be gearing up to launch Windows 12 this year, which will be a modular and AI-focused OS.

wow… OS Subcription-Based with AI?

you’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy

I’m glad I already moved to Linux for 2 years

  • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It’s sort of the opposite (prior to Windows 12 supposedly being subscription based). They were claiming you’d pay once and get get all subsequent versions for free. The way they offered upgrades to 10 and 11 for free from previous versions.

    • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Isn’t that the trap? “We’ll give you all the upgrades for free! Upgrade yourself deeper and deeper into the dark forest, farther from the light where you paid once for apps. Now those apps that works under Windows 10 years ago are no longer compatible and you’ll need to pay $1 a month for MS Paint.”

      If the OS is free, and then the “modular” aspects are how they nickel-and-dime you into paying $100/mo for the things you used to pay $130 for once.

      From the story:

      Some features of Windows 11 might also be locked away behind a subscription model that are expected to be “advanced AI services”, but the core OS will be a one-time purchase only.

      And if you already paid for Windows 10, then you don’t pay. Easy-peasey. But, with new hardware requirements to run CoPilot, there’s going to be very few machines that could run Windows 10 that would also run Windows 12. So that lie will fall apart anyway.

      So if you want to make CoPilot less stupid at everything but spying on you, you pay. Want to use your GPU? Subscribe to “Gamer Bundle!” Want access to CMD? Subscribe to “Developer options!” Want to turn off ads? Subscribe to Ad-free tier! Want to change the desktop background? Subscribe to access a custom fucking JPG on your computer! Want to change the theme? Subscribe to a color scheme! Want to use a printer? Subscribe to “Print Plus!”