Windows 12 May Require a Subscription

https://lemmy.world/post/6392283

Windows 12 May Require a Subscription - Lemmy.world

[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.”

Microsoft would really help Linux out if they did this.
There might be a subscription option or a subscription tier with a windows suite like office and stuff included in it, but for normal windows OS, they’re decades away from going to a subscription only model, at best.
Judging by this decade I don't estimate in decades anymore.