meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leakwww.neowin.netexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down158 cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foolinustechtips@lemmit.online
arrow-up1350arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leakwww.neowin.netmeiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square194fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foolinustechtips@lemmit.online
minus-squareiso@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSeems like an odd direction when a lot services are moving online and to SaaS based solutions, removing the dependency of a specific underlying OS.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoThis is just another move in that direction. Maybe the next version will be a thin client where you stream most of your apps. The pricing wouldn’t change, only where apps are run.
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agopricing would change, you think they’d let you run ‘apps’ for free?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m guessing there would be one base charge for the OS, and additional charges for whatever apps you opt into.
Seems like an odd direction when a lot services are moving online and to SaaS based solutions, removing the dependency of a specific underlying OS.
This is just another move in that direction. Maybe the next version will be a thin client where you stream most of your apps. The pricing wouldn’t change, only where apps are run.
pricing would change, you think they’d let you run ‘apps’ for free?
I’m guessing there would be one base charge for the OS, and additional charges for whatever apps you opt into.