All about Windows 12 news and rumors.....

[Papusan]

 

Windows 12 discussion thread... Post all your findings about coming Win 12 in this thread. Thanks

 

 

Rumor that Windows 12 will charge a subscription fee is shot down in flames
Tweaktown.com | Software & Apps | Oct 7, 2023

 

If you've been following news around Microsoft this week, you may well have seen an alarming suggestion that the next version of Windows will be subscription-based - the good news is that this isn't true.

It's doubtful Microsoft could get away with demanding a monthly fee for Windows (Image Credit: Microsoft)

Let's rewind a bit to where this rumor came from. It originated from German tech site Deskmodder, which discovered some entries in a configuration file in a Windows 11 preview build (from the Canary channel).

Those entries mentioned things like subscription status and subscription type, leading to some speculation that this might be the groundwork for some kind of subscription model coming to Windows.

 

Windows 12 as a subscription-based product seems very unlikely to happen, though. As we noted, it's more likely to become an ad-supported product... 

 

 

[Aaron44126]

Windows 12 "subscription fee" rumor seems to have been shot down.

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/no-of-course-windows-12-wont-require-a-subscription-to-use

 

 

...Not to say that Microsoft won't look to take advantage of anything that they think that they can get away with, to make money from users running Windows.  Ads, I mean "recommendations"... plus pushing people to Bing for more ad revenue, and pushing people to Edge so that they can monetize the "shopping features" and whatever other crud they are adding there.

 

(Really, it makes sense, no one would go for a subscription fee.  They can't even charge people for Windows upgrades like they used to because people just won't buy them, and then how would they start taking advantage of the new monetization features in their latest version of Windows?)

[ryan]

I saw a recent news headline saying they might go ahead and charge a monthly fee. who really knows what they are thinking, it wouldn't be circling around if there wasnt a tiny bit of truth. I personally will ditch windows if they do that and im the average consumer. linux is tempting.

 

haven't heard much else. 😞

[kojack]

I think this story was bogus to begin with anyways. They charge for windows 365, for enterprise, NOT Consumer. Consumers have windows 11/12 etc and MS365 for office/onedrive etc. 

 

Sounds like a hater / fanboy of other platforms come up with this one. 

[KING19]

It wouldnt make sense to charge a subscription fee for an OS that users can upgrade for free anyways. Personally i hope they do it so they can push more users away and learn hard lesson not to add anymore stupid ideas into Windows and go back to the old Microsoft already. Also why even bother to create a Windows 12 when only 20% of users are using Windows 11 after 2 years while over 70% of users are still on Windows 10..

 

Take a hint Microsoft!.

[kojack]

It will take some time for users to get on windows 11 because alot of systems cannot upgrade. So, when these systems are replaced the 11 share will trend upwards.  Dumb I know. but it is what it is.  I am enjoying using windows 11. Works great, it's fast and efficient for my usage. 

[Papusan]

On 10/14/2023 at 12:05 PM, kojack said:

It will take some time for users to get on windows 11 because alot of systems cannot upgrade. So, when these systems are replaced the 11 share will trend upwards.  Dumb I know. but it is what it is.  I am enjoying using windows 11. Works great, it's fast and efficient for my usage. 

 

When those replace their systems they will jump on Windows 12. I can't imagine that Microsoft will extend support for both Win 10 and 11. But they will do for older Win 10 due the nature of the HW.

 

Microsoft reflects on 20 years of Windows Patch Tuesday

Bill Gates did it, and now AI will keep patching Windows for 20 more years...

By Alfonso Maruccia, November 10

 

Microsoft is now focused on the "quality and reliability" of its security updates, Cable noted, working proactively to improve transparency and align with the EU's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).