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The Windows 11 problem (www.spacebar.news)

submitted 1 year ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] corbin@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The subscription rumor was debunked pretty quickly. I honestly don't see that happening anytime soon, PC makers would get pretty upset (especially if they don't get a cut of the revenue).

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it's coming. And for thin clients it's already here.

[–] corbin@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, that's reporting on the "leak" from Neowin, which Neowin later redacted because there wasn't actually enough evidence: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-might-want-to-be-making-windows-12-a-subscription-os-suggests-leak/

Windows 365 is a cloud streaming PC that isn't even available to consumers yet.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I had not seen that newer Neowin article, thank you for the correction.

But Windows 365 is certainly available to business and enterprise users right now. When they roll it out to home users is a separate matter. I would add that home users are not usually thin client users, lol: even Chromebooks have a limited OS on them.

EDITED TO ADD that you might want to take a closer look at the article you linked, as Cloud PC is the name of Microsoft's subscription OS for thin clients:

Other than AI, Microsoft is also gradually making it clear how it hopes to move Windows, or at least a major chunk of it, to the web. Back in March, Cloud PC options began to appear inside Settings. Following that, more Cloud PC-related leaks started popping up. A separate report suggested that Microsoft was working on something called "CorePC" for the next Windows version. Finally, an FTC filing revealed how Microsoft was apparently working internally to "move Windows 11 increasingly to the cloud.." (bold emphasis is my own)

[–] corbin@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The original source for that is an internal presentation with poorly-worded language that said Windows will “move” to the cloud, the whole presentation slide makes it clear they’re talking about Windows in the cloud as an option: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy

Forcing everyone to stream Windows from a cloud server would not work well for the vast majority of PCs and internet connections. Microsoft isn’t dumb, they’re not going to try that and lose even more market share to Apple. I was linking to the article to show the correction, the original article was junk based on nothing and shouldn’t be taken seriously.