Do...do people really think Microsoft is stupid enough to kill off non-cloud based Windows? There are a lot of Windows users who, for either performance reasons, lack of reliable internet, etc. who would never get good use out of a cloud version. Microsoft is more than aware of this and there is no way in hell they'd shoot themselves in the foot like this.
Yeah microsoft is unlikely to pull the rug out from under windows users in one go, their strategy is much more likely to be pushing people in the direction they want to move computing slowly and incrementally over a number of years. They appear to want everyone who plays games, does office work, runs a business, or writes code to have a microsoft account, which they can then monetize in various ways using cloud services because that will be the main way they will deliver what people need.
I feel like we are in the middle period of this strategy.
Honestly ... they've pulled a lot of dumb shit that makes me think it's within the realm of possibility.
Just look at how things happened with "Microsoft accounts" since Windows 7...i refuse to use a Microsoft account because there's no way in hell I'm giving them my contact info, but also, it's a total clusterfuck actually managing the damn thing.
Windows 8 suggested using a Microsoft account.
Windows 10 setup a Microsoft account by default. In later subversions, you can only get around it by cutting the internet connection.
Windows 11 refuses to setup at all without an internet connection; instead , it requires you to perform a hidden hacky workaround by opening cmd accessible only by keyboard shortcut, running a specific command to enable offline setup, then rebooting to finally complete it.
You really don't think they're stupid enough to push ahead with this cloud dogshit?
Do...do people really think Microsoft is stupid enough to kill off non-cloud based Windows? There are a lot of Windows users who, for either performance reasons, lack of reliable internet, etc. who would never get good use out of a cloud version. Microsoft is more than aware of this and there is no way in hell they'd shoot themselves in the foot like this.
Yeah microsoft is unlikely to pull the rug out from under windows users in one go, their strategy is much more likely to be pushing people in the direction they want to move computing slowly and incrementally over a number of years. They appear to want everyone who plays games, does office work, runs a business, or writes code to have a microsoft account, which they can then monetize in various ways using cloud services because that will be the main way they will deliver what people need.
I feel like we are in the middle period of this strategy.
Honestly ... they've pulled a lot of dumb shit that makes me think it's within the realm of possibility.
Just look at how things happened with "Microsoft accounts" since Windows 7...i refuse to use a Microsoft account because there's no way in hell I'm giving them my contact info, but also, it's a total clusterfuck actually managing the damn thing.
Windows 8 suggested using a Microsoft account.
Windows 10 setup a Microsoft account by default. In later subversions, you can only get around it by cutting the internet connection.
Windows 11 refuses to setup at all without an internet connection; instead , it requires you to perform a hidden hacky workaround by opening cmd accessible only by keyboard shortcut, running a specific command to enable offline setup, then rebooting to finally complete it.
You really don't think they're stupid enough to push ahead with this cloud dogshit?