Microsoft might offer Windows 10 as a subscription
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RealNC
Ah. Great. "PC as a pay for service." Except the PC is actually yours and you have to pay a subscription to use it.
Mark my words. This will be mandatory at some point. That's where we're heading towards. You won't own any applications, games or the OS. They'll be "services." Any non-service software will be locked out "for better security."
Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that Linux exists.
Alessio1989
Ah aha ha haham, dear Nadella, I am going to buy it soon!
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What, you didn't receive the payment, you kinda Indian Scrooge? I was talking about the coffee, you know, I just finished the last can!
Koniakki
Good ol' days when for most of us the only monthly expense needed for having/enjoying a pc or even a console was just your internet provider's bill..
scoter man1
You already can't buy MS Office in full. I'd never support them doing this if I can manage it. Even Apple, the Queen of subscription services, knows better than to do this.
msotirov
Couldn't care less. Been Windows-free for almost 10 years now thanks to macOS and Linux.
crkwhr
This isn't new news.. they have been talking about this since before W10 and it being datamined. The line in the sand from what I could figure out was consumer one time purchased vs enterprise being licensed. With w10pro costing more for certain higher core count processors and the change in server licensing from chip to core. It just another money grab.
Jagman
Every now and then I download a Linux distro that I like the look of, just in case this subscription crap looks in danger of becoming a reality on Windows 🙄
At least we have alternatives 🙂
TheDeeGee
Fine, i will just resub to SunnyUsenet and get my Windows that way.
mgilbert
So, I paid for Windows 7, and own it outright. Then, I upgraded it to 10. And now, it appears it's just a matter of time until Microsoft wants me to start paying in order to continue using the Windows 10 I essentially already paid for? Not just "NO", but "HELL NO". I'll do whatever I have to do to avoid this. I will NOT pay monthly for an OS. This is nothing but greedy bullshit. HELL NO!
destruya
Something tells me this is also going to sound the death knell for cheap grey market Windows keys. Microsoft might not be able to blacklist existing keys (without a huge legal kerfuffle), but you can be damn sure if they want to they'll shut off the tap.
Asgardi
schmidtbag
coth
Not perspective. Same as Office 365 will have zero popularity outside USA, where MS charging inaccessible price.
sammarbella
Subscriptions for Windows torrent "editions" will increase...even more.
Yxskaft
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-is-now-officially-available-on-linux-heres-a-look-at-it-with-benchmarks.11576
Here are some other benchmarks. The only game that performed well on Linux was Metro Redux, it even performed better than the 1060 in Windows. The rest though, are a horrible case for promoting Linux to gamers.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=pascal-win10-linux&num=1
If Linux ever is going to be looked at as a serious alternative to Windows for games, it also needs to get its performance up to par with Windows in all games. Even the games with official Linux support tend to perform notably worse on Linux. The Linux versions also typically have higher minimum requirements than the Windows versions.
These benchmarks are two years old, but Rise of the Tomb Raider on Linux generally has a 10 FPS disadvantage compared to Windows. Official minimum requirement is GTX 680 2GB for Linux, but only the GTX 650 2GB for Windows. Similar gap in specs for AMD cards.
Abc666
Hardly a week goes by without microsoft announcing some sort of moronic plan.
If you ask me, microsoft product are all free.
schmidtbag
D3M1G0D
This isn't a surprise. Ever since Nadella became CEO, Microsoft has been transitioning away from a license model to a subscription model. Office already made the transition, it's only natural that Windows would be next.
This will undoubtedly be a more profitable venture for Microsoft and will make shareholders happy. We Windows users will also have little choice in the matter and will accept it in the end (seriously now, gamers aren't going to abandon Windows). Whatever their faults, Microsoft knows how to make money - there's a reason why they are the most valuable company in the world.
I could opt for a subscription if the price is low and it came with enough goodies - one of the reasons why I subscribe to Office 365 is the 1 TB of cloud storage. If it was $4.99 with 1 TB of cloud space then that might be good enough.
TheDeeGee
If it's gonna be 5 Euros a month i will no doubt look into an alternative way to get my Windows OS.
Because that would be 60 Euros, which is what you can find keys for to have an ulimited amount of years. Would mean if an OS lasts 8 years it's gonna cost us 480...
H83
I don´t like subscription models but i could consider this if two conditions are met: a reasonable price and full control over Windows, otherwise no thanks.
For me pure performance is secondary for Linux gaming because we can always lower settings. More important if for all the games to work in Linux the way they work in Windows, that´s what really matters.
There are issues in using an high refresh display in Linux???