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This will be significantly interesting to follow from a revenue generation perspective and how they are going to abuse users and then ask for forgiveness. Month
by bokohut 5y ago
This will be significantly interesting to follow from a revenue generation perspective and how they are going to abuse users and then ask for forgiveness. Monthly billing will need a valid payment instrument "on file" and over time they are certain to nickel and dime users for features. So you want to print on your home printer from your M$ cloud hosted Window$ in$tance, that will be 5¢ per page or we can send it to your local Staples* for pickup at 1¢ per page. A microtransaction chargeback for a failed print from a paper jam will be interesting to review. This is certain to go in the direction most know it will and has the potential to redefine the term pay-per-click. Just look past the security implications and the die-sasters that are certain to occur from making Windows available from anywhere "easy" for the non-technical crowd.
*By agreeing to any savings through our third party vendors you are hereby informed that we SharE aLL your information with these vendors in order to recoup the savings extended to you.
- skinnymuch 5y agoUsing $ with Msft feels kitschy and unnecessary. No one reading and grokking the reason for $ over S doesn’t know that Microsoft isn’t a money printing company that does mostly whatever they can to make money. Do you think Staples is any different? Yet the S there was not replaced.
- lkramer 5y agoI love it, as a throwback to the 90s. Also bring back the Bill Gates Borg image please.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoCoincidentally the 90s was when (I imagine) most of us were kids. I'd rather not have my dumb memes, Slashdot copypastas and the like guide our technical discourse today.
- bitwize 5y agoSomebody doesn't like the feel of hot grits down their pants...
- jodrellblank 5y agoThis one, presumably? https://driftboatdave.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/112715_2142_microsofthe1.jpg https://driftboatdave.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/112715_214...
- hmmmno6 5y agoA chargeback is a relatively expensive process for all parties probably cost wise in excess of a dollar if they automate most of it (albeit merchants get charged anything from $12-$30, if not their bundle pricing and add-ons have included it).. in these scenarios I believe the card bank just write it off, say a 50cent print run
- ipaddr 5y agoThey will charge your account which you pay monthly any refunds will go back to the account.
- Spivak 5y agoI mean I pay for iCloud it’s like $2/mo. It doesn’t have to be sketchy and for their flagship consumer services MS isn’t like even a tenth as bad as you’re describing.
- morpheuskafka 5y agoThis is a rebranding of Azure Virtual Desktop. It is intended for companies and Azure already requires a payment method on file or a purchase order arrangement. It is not going to have charges for printing or anything else. It's intended for IT departments that need an easier way to start using VDI and or prosumers who want it for whatever reason. It definitely won't share data with random companies otherwise no regulated business will be able to use it.