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Re:Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscripti... by seanw444 on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:28AM (#37792089)
$1/year is entirely unreasonable. They build a product, they sell it to you, transaction ends there. They should sell you a product that works. Bug fixes are part of making the thing you bought closer to what was advertised, so it's part of the initial purchase. An OS is not a SaaS, and nobody considered doing it until it became popular, because it's a fad.
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Re:Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscripti... by alanfranz on Friday October 06, 2023 @02:03PM (#37793987)
Of course a subscription would imply no upfront fee.
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Re:Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscripti... by intvocoder on Friday October 06, 2023 @03:42PM (#37795296)
They're (presumably) double-dipping, the PC OEMs are already paying for the license.
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Re:Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscripti... by alanfranz on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:50AM (#37802175)
In that case even $1/year would be unreasonable.
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Re:Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscripti... by warrenm on Monday October 16, 2023 @10:57AM (#37900707)
>Bug fixes are part of making the thing you bought closer to what was advertised, so it's part of the initial purchase

Says who, exactly?

Why should bug fixes be included?

If they should, for how long should they?

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