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MetricVeil t1_j9y6vmo wrote

SaaS (Software as a Service) is the new financial model. People who can't afford a monthly/yearly subscription plan for Windows will, reluctantly, start to migrate to other, non-subscription, OS platforms.

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HolyAndOblivious t1_j9ybk81 wrote

That would hurt MS. MS is banking on pirates lol.

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tso t1_j9zna3x wrote

MS has banked on home piracy since the days of Gates.

Guy himself admitted somewhere that he much preferred people pirate MS software for home use vs adopt alternatives.

Because doing so allowed MS to argue that companies didn't need to train new employees in using MS products, because they were already used to them from home.

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Exshot32 t1_j9z7ysi wrote

The Pro market and office subscriptions (and selling user data) far out way the losses of losing a few consumer class customers.

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HolyAndOblivious t1_j9zcfok wrote

Lolno. The greatest problem for MS is to train the next generation of users. Think of your kids. What happens if people abandon ms and office en mass? Simply put, MS will be fucked on the pro market because people are not trained in windows and office.

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DrB00 t1_j9zjx4p wrote

They already aren't. Soo many office jobs require excel and directory management and the sort and a lot of people fresh out of school are completely clueless. They grow up with chrome books and phones where everything is locked down. They get into the office and have zero idea how to even do the basic operations on windows.

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Hitroll2121 t1_j9zzmb5 wrote

This is so true in my school we had to unzip a file for class and the number of people that had no clue how to do that kind of scares me

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Helgafjell4Me t1_j9zf7x8 wrote

But Win11 isn't a paid service, so what are you saying? I haven't paid for Windows at all since Win7. Win10 and 11 have both been basically free upgrades on existing computers, although I have yet to actually upgrade any of mine to 11. I'm holding out as long as I can, plus it's said all my machines don't meet the requirements anyways.

Edit: basically new computers for a while now had their windows licensing tied to the computer itself as long as it wasn't a custom built machine. That license works for newer version upgrades or at least has for me for the last 8 years or so.

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MetricVeil t1_j9zi2cr wrote

>But Win11 isn't a paid service, so what are you saying?

Perhaps I should have been clearer. Microsoft seems to be transitioning to a SaaS payment model. It won't happen all at once. Products like Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) are already moving in that direction.

Cloud services are profitable.

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Helgafjell4Me t1_j9zijfk wrote

Yes, but they require an OS to work, I don't think they'll do that to the OS because too many people would probably ditch both the OS and the sub services that run on it.

Edit: think inkjet cartridges... the printers were cheap because they made money on the ink.

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MetricVeil t1_j9zo3bd wrote

Whilst the OS, itself, might remain as a one-time payment, the number of in-built components may start to switch to a subscription service - over time.

Microsoft will follow the money.

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Kairukun90 t1_ja19iz0 wrote

I had my pirated copy upgrade to windows ten which when forced me to make a windows account which then tied that cd key/copy to the account and legitimately have a copy. So now I just sign onto my account when ever I reformat or even change cpus/mobos it doesn’t matter.

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