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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 1 year ago by billiam0202@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[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."

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[–] IRQBreaker@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Laughing in Debian 12

[–] KneeTitts@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

meh debian is great as a server but needs a lot of work out of the box to be used as a desktop. Better off with mint if you want a great out of the box experience

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[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They gotta be crazy to do this to consumer Windows, since it's been like, free for a lot of people now.

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[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wondering how will F2P games with anti-cheat react to the news. Knowing that much of their player base may jump ship to Linux to avoid the subscription fees, will they relent and start using less invasive anti-cheat programs, or will they try to adapt specific versions of Wine / Proton to work in rooted mode?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I think an optimistic view would be 1% of their users jump ship…until they see their game isn’t available and they jump back

[–] bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good thing that not one OS is Windows in our household and workshop.

There is literally no advantage in using Windows anymore for us.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Great for you! My only reasons to stay stuck with Windows are 1. anti-cheat and 2. niche programs that don't work correctly under Linux because they use several Windows programs in daisy-chain

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[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. Give me a clean windows without ads, auto installs from the store, telemetry and other data theft, Cortana/copilot/clippy, onedrive, edge, teams, Microsoft account and nag screens and I will gladly pay 1€ per month. Otherwise, Linux it is.

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