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When did Microsoft stop developing Windows to be good? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nowadays Windows is filled with adware and is fairly slow, but it wasn't always like this. Was there a particular time where a change occurred?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Windows is far from being free. Buy a laptop, you also automatically buy a license for windows, typically about $100. Build your own computer, need to pay for a license as well. They just hide the cost a bit, but you still need to pay all the same.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think what they reference is that it is free to upgrade. You could upgrade 7 to 10 and 10 to 11 for free, used to be you have to buy a new one. Now you have one time entry fee to the ecosysyem and then they keep you (though they sidestepped this with some system requirements for Win 11 now)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fair point, but they'll try to turn it into a subscription before long.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Wimdows as a Service is already a thing.