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Windows is dying. Instead of offering this as a free service until it's actually useful enough to make people want to pay for it, they instantly turn to ads. Th

by dtx1 3y ago

Windows is dying. Instead of offering this as a free service until it's actually useful enough to make people want to pay for it, they instantly turn to ads. That means that they see no more potential in windows, it's not worth investing into it anymore.

temporallobe 3y ago
Which is a shame. I use Mac, Linux, and Windows pretty much daily, and I actually like the Windows UI/UX a lot, more than Mac in some ways. With WSL and tools like Bash, you can do a ton of things with Windows and make it more *nix-like than ever. Hell even Powershell is pretty damn good.
- zelphirkalt 3y ago
  The one thing Powershell has going for it is, that does treat output as objects or output of commands can be objects, so that there is no need to re-parse everything in the next command.
  - k12sosse 3y ago
    That and it runs on linux
jjgreen 3y ago
Netcraft confirms it ...
SoftTalker 3y ago
People have always paid for it. OEs famously were forced to buy a Windows license for every PC they sold, whether the buyer wanted it or not. The problem today is it doesn't generate recurring payments, which is apparently the way software is supposed to work now.
- gorbypark 3y ago
  Operating systems were the original subscription service, in a way! If I recall correctly, up until Mavericks and Windows 8, both macOS and Windows were paid updates.
  - latexr 3y ago
    > Operating systems were the original subscription service A subscription is something you pay for regularly and predictably, and lose access to when you stop paying. Saying that operating systems were subscription services is like saying cars or computers were subscription services. You paid for the OS once and were not forced to upgrade, that’s just a regular sale.
    - gorbypark 3y ago
      Yes, I was being a bit facetious. However, my point was that OS upgrades used to be a source of income for Apple and Microsoft, and now they are not.

by dtx1 3y ago

temporallobe 3y ago

Which is a shame. I use Mac, Linux, and Windows pretty much daily, and I actually like the Windows UI/UX a lot, more than Mac in some ways. With WSL and tools like Bash, you can do a ton of things with Windows and make it more *nix-like than ever. Hell even Powershell is pretty damn good.

zelphirkalt 3y ago
The one thing Powershell has going for it is, that does treat output as objects or output of commands can be objects, so that there is no need to re-parse everything in the next command.
- k12sosse 3y ago
  That and it runs on linux

jjgreen 3y ago

Netcraft confirms it ...

SoftTalker 3y ago

People have always paid for it. OEs famously were forced to buy a Windows license for every PC they sold, whether the buyer wanted it or not. The problem today is it doesn't generate recurring payments, which is apparently the way software is supposed to work now.

gorbypark 3y ago
Operating systems were the original subscription service, in a way! If I recall correctly, up until Mavericks and Windows 8, both macOS and Windows were paid updates.
- latexr 3y ago
  > Operating systems were the original subscription service A subscription is something you pay for regularly and predictably, and lose access to when you stop paying. Saying that operating systems were subscription services is like saying cars or computers were subscription services. You paid for the OS once and were not forced to upgrade, that’s just a regular sale.
  - gorbypark 3y ago
    Yes, I was being a bit facetious. However, my point was that OS upgrades used to be a source of income for Apple and Microsoft, and now they are not.