Mike StoneJun 27, 2023

Microsoft wants to stream your OS to you. Ignoring the whole "Microsoft" angle on this, I personally hate this idea. I miss the days when a computer was a standalone device that COULD connect to the Internet, but didn't have to. These days, so many things DEPEND on having that connection, and just flat out won't work without it. Maybe I'm a stodgy old guy, but can't we go back? I want my computer to with exactly the same online or offline.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy

Microsoft wants to move Windows fully to the cloud

Microsoft’s long-term ambition with Windows is to move the OS to the cloud. Windows 365 is just the beginning on the commercial side, with plans to get consumers into a cloud version of Windows eventually.

The Verge
Show threadMark BurnettJun 27, 2023
@mike I like the idea of buying Windows once and not paying monthly for it.
Show threaddeFraidJun 27, 2023
@m8urnett @mike you don't buy windows, you pay for a licence to use it. Just sayin'
Show threadRyuno the Rhino🦏-🐉dragonJun 28, 2023
@defred @m8urnett @mike
Once upon a time you would buy you're Microsoft Office suit or whatever Microsoft software and that was it, you only paid Microsoft more money when you were ready to up grade to a new set of software which could be a few years or a decade away. Depending on when you upgraded you're hardware usually.
Show threaddeFraid
@theRhinoDragon @m8urnett @mike once again you only paid for a licence, not the software.
Jun 28, 2023 at 10:38amWeb
Show thread⠀Jun 28, 2023

@defred @theRhinoDragon @m8urnett @mike

Do you remember the days when Adobe software could be individually bought before they moved to a bundled subscription model that requires internet connection? Man, software as a service has not been great for consumers.

Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsJun 28, 2023
@defred @theRhinoDragon @m8urnett @mike https://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html
Show threadRyuno the Rhino🦏-🐉dragonJun 28, 2023
@ellenor2000 @defred @m8urnett @mike
Looks like a redirect link, no thanks. (cr.up.to, 🤣 seriously 🙄)
Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsJun 28, 2023

@theRhinoDragon @defred @m8urnett @mike Nope.

It's the website of one Daniel Julius Bernstein, a crypnoGRAPHER. The page I linked does not redirect.

Show threadRyuno the Rhino🦏-🐉dragonJun 28, 2023
@defred @m8urnett @mike but you got the software on CDs 💿or floppy 💾 or actual discs that were floppy without their paper case. So they couldn't stop you using it. The joys of pre-internet software.