References to subscription 'edition,' 'type,' and 'status' found in a test build of Windows.

[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.”

  • RockyBass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2213·
    9 months ago

    I’m probably going to get flammed for this, so let me just say I’m already a Linux user.

    We need to cool our jets here. Windows 12 isn’t even confirmed yet, and there’s no proof that it will require a subscription. That being said, a subscription service isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it will allow users to have access to features they need, or replace other existing subscription services like xbox game pass, cloud storage, media, etc…

    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      I disagree. Our lives are all subscriptions now and you own nothing. I will avoid any subscription if possible

    • ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      How would cooling our jets help? I really like the idea of going into Linux, and the more MS pushes the subscription/rental model, the more I’m encouraged to do so. Corporations like to float their ideas to the media as a way of surveying the market. These rumors could be just that. The idea of building a Linux PC sounds fun. I never had the need for any of these subscription services. I have a backlog of games I own, my own HDDs, MP3s, from CDs or the like, that I bought. I don’t need to pay yearly for those.