• Grimpen@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    1 year ago

    It's more that MS has leaned into the subscription model with Office 365 and such.

    Windows is already kind of a "Freemium" OS, so I'm expecting them to continue in that fashion. Your are right, the article is mostly pointless speculation that was refuted anyways, but I'll admit it sounded a bit off to me anyways. MS wants people to be running Windows, so they can seem then GamePass subscriptions, Office365 subscriptions, and whatever other services they can think of. As such, I expect the core OS to be very free. Just what constitutes core functionality versus Premium features might change.