Apparently there are rumours that Windows 12 is coming this year and will not only double down on Copilot, but introduce a subscription model for it, despite requiring an NPU.

I refuse to believe Microsoft is stupid enough to try the heated seats DRM trick.

@emilyyoung https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068331/windows-12-rumors-features-pricing-everything-we-know-so-far.html is a nice roundup of the rumours. But we'll have to wait and see I'm afraid.

Converting the company over to linux is looking sweeter and sweeter. Not looking forward to explaining another 30 bucks per user per month surcharge to manglement

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