at what point are we customers going to revolt and demand ownership rights over things we pay for? I pay $300 for a copy of some software I don't own and won't even install after a certain amount of time? I have to submit to forced updates that break functionality I rely on, but any feedback I give is ignored? I'm not allowed to resell games I've finished and no longer want or need in my collection?
I have an expensive computer, but all the processing happens "in the cloud"?
There will be a market for this, but it's going to be a slow burn. They're not going to convert a lot of people for general use. Even business utility is limited because of the risk of internet outages and travel. That said, many businesses do mandate full-time VM use, so it's clearly something for which companies have an acceptance. The benefit to the consumer is really cheap hardware, great battery life, and theoretically unlimited processing power. In other words, the most powerful gaming machine in the world in form of an ultra-thin laptop which lasts 30 hours on battery for $500.
It's not for me, but I can see the appeal. There is huge risk that Microsoft captures too large an audience and jacks up their subscription prices. That would be a bad future.
We've had decent desktop versions of Linux for 15 years and users getting upset about Windows then threatening to move elsewhere. The song remains the same.
In another 15 years they'll want to keep a cloud based version of Windows but have it hooked into your brain. The song will remain the same.
People will complain but they'll still use Windows. Because a crack addiction is tough to kick.
Remind me of this post in 15 years so I can say I told you so.
I can't even imagine how that would even work other than being blocked out of access without uninterrupted Internet connection. "Oh, your Internet provider shit themselves? Too bad. You get nothing."
Any idea of how this will sit with government organizations and colleges/universities?
I believe in Canada most (if not all) provinces and even post secondary institutions have data policies that don't allow most cloud services since they can't guarantee data isn't being stored or processed in a data center outside it's borders.
There are some exceptions for the use of OneDrive, but we are prohibited from storing any sensitive data there. Other cloud based apps are hosted on a proprietary instance, but I'm not sure if this option will be available in this case.
I believe Microsoft already offers a government specific version of Azure, so government agencies are already leveraging their cloud infrastructure. I assume that this wouldn't be any different, save for air-gapped systems, obviously.
Well, Microsoft can fuck the fuck off! First of all, you should own things you paid for. And second, they can't even make Windows Update function reliably. I have no desire to have my OS stop working just because some server isn't responding. No, thank you.
What do you mean? If you're dual-booting Windows and Linux, Windows Update will reliably mess up the bootloader because who wouldnwant to use another OS?
I feel like this is gonna go as well as cloud gaming did. Working directly on a server is great in an office setting, but at home it's just stupid and unnecessary.
majority of games run just fine on linux/proton, some don't but only cause devs are stuckup and won't allow proton in the anti-cheat (destiny, rust, lost ark, to name a few)
protip: when you install windows 10, disconnect the internet. Then it will say you have to create a local account. No MS account bullshit here. You can't do that on windows 11 though. If you don't have internet, you cna't install windows 11. But if you install windows 10 first using this trick, then upgrade to windows 11, you will still have a local account. Or just use linux.
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