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  1. Comment on Windows could become cloud based in the future in ~tech

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    I feel like MS is really trying to turn your day to day OS into a subscription and "cloud" is just their excuse. From a business perspective cloud is already super achievable with existing...

    I feel like MS is really trying to turn your day to day OS into a subscription and "cloud" is just their excuse. From a business perspective cloud is already super achievable with existing offerings, even for small businesses. This is purely a subscription money grab that will massively hurt the end users. I guess it's time to finally go full Ubuntu.

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  2. Comment on Windows could become cloud based in the future in ~tech

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    Yeah, the security aspect isn't what bothers me. I don't want to be forced to pay a subscription to MS to continue to own my own computer. There are some benefits, many of which aren't super...

    Yeah, the security aspect isn't what bothers me. I don't want to be forced to pay a subscription to MS to continue to own my own computer. There are some benefits, many of which aren't super appealing to me, that they will use to hook you in with low introductory rates. Then 3-5 years later when they need to show quarter over quarter growth to shareholders they will decide that the $25 a month I was paying should actually be $60, or else I lose all my data. Fuck. That.

    Not to mention I travel for work and often have limited internet in many locations. I have 4 TB in my laptop for media and games and it's still not as much as I would like. Cloud is great when you're generally in your own home near a city. When you go to remote locations and your laptop is one of your few creature comforts, cloud based OS sounds like absolute hell.

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