Yeah, I think if Windows 11 is going subscription based (plus all the copilot pushing garbage and even more baked in ads) that will be a strong incentive to switch to Linux or SteamOS. I barely even play games enough anymore to make a desktop worthwhile. Might just jump to Mac only.

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wolvoleo 2 hours ago | parent [-]

They can't do that, when they've already sold you lifetime licenses.

They could however introduce a subscription-only windows 12 and have harsh cut-off requirements like they did with windows 11.

	▲	boznz 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		A subscription-only OS would effectively kill Windows, but MS have made enough pretty weird decisions to cripple the product I wouldn't put it past them.
	▲	estimator7292 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		They also "can't" screengrab your credit card numbers or upload all your private data to their cloud for inspection, or steal your email password and download all your mail to a Microsoft server, or send fake emails about full OneDrive to trick you into subscribing. "Can't" only applies when someone is willing to stop them, and nobody is. Microsoft can do pretty much anything they want and there's basically nothing you can do about it.