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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS is doomed... any year now
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:40:19 -0000 (UTC)
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Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote at 08:19 this Sunday (GMT):
> On 2024-04-28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 09:50:23 -0000 (UTC), Simon wrote:
>>
>>> We knew MS wanted to go to subscription and it would be a stretch to
>>> make windows a monthly payment, if they can generate ad revenue and
>>> money from your data they can put it off, for now.
>>
>> If they make the ads optional, and too many people turn them off, then the 
>> next step is likely to be for Windows to become full-on rentware.
>
> True, I can't imagine how much work is involved in processing and verifying
> payments for that many people. 


Would it? I'd think they would just use signed license keys you download
from their servers.
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