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What will you do once windows 10 is deprecated and you have to update to windows 11 or 12? (kbin.social)

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Windows 11 keeps trying to install different stuff, notifying you about how great edge is, requires new hardware, and more. Windows 12 is rumored to be cloud only with a subscription?

What will do you?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Rest assured, I'm pretty confident that won't be the case. While web apps certainly have gained their fair share of popularity, some things still need to be localized on your machine. Chrome OS is just proof of that since it has really taken off after it had forgone its original goal of being fully web based. Last I checked, it even had Steam working allowing you to play games on YOUR computer. Also, keep in mind if your fears did come true, Microsoft would have to run a cloud instance for every single computer running windows on the planet at the same time. This might just be my optimism and faulty assertion, but I don't think that's something they would want to do. A subscription based OS is likely, though.