[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.”

      • Lord Goose@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 months ago

        As someone who switched to Linux primarily because of Windows 11’s never ending BS (bugs, resource mismanagement, etc) and the inevitably end of Windows 10, I can confirm that Windows 10 will be my last.

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          I’d say the most extreme bullshit began with Windows 10. At least the threat of “upgrading” to it was the final push to Linux for me.

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      10 months ago

      tbf, it was Jerry Nixon who said that, a developer evangelist for microsoft, not the company itself. the media just ran with it.