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How long before Windows becomes a subscription service? (lemmy.one)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Everything is turning into disgusting subscription services. Most recently I saw home printers that required a monthly subscription service in order to print.

So, how long before Windows is a subscription? They have already brought ads into Windows.

Yes, I think I'll sign up for the...hm, the "Casual Gamer" tier, which allows 2 hours per week of gaming. Although I could always watch an ad to unlock 30 more minutes.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The TPM requirement, I agree seemed a bit much without enough warning to the hardware industry. It's all the more puzzling because it is trivial to install with the TPM requirement disabled.

That being said, I've done tech support forever ago, and I still help my in-laws with technology, and I get it. Microsoft is pushing improvements for people who otherwise wouldn't do anything for their security or even continuity of operations. Windows hello, for all my gripes with it, gives people a password reset and recovery option for their OS.

But to your point again, I think the TPM requirement should have been phased in more slowly.

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