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Microsoft will charge $30 for an extra year of security updates on Windows 10 - NotebookCheck.net News (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I give it 3 more years, tops, until Windows is fully a subscription service. Hope you enjoyed the era of owning your PC because it's coming to an end.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I own my PC. The annoying thing is that I might have to pay a subscription for the gaming OS that I dual-boot to sometimes. Might just make me buy a console instead. OTOH, Sony already charges exorbitant subscription prices for the ability to play online.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you are not talking about Steam, which comes with Proton out of the box, I'd recommend to give Legendary a try. It's basically the same thing, but with non-Steam games. And it's very user-friendly, like Steam.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, won't work well with multiplayer games though since they typically have anticheats that don't play well with Linux.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

In my experience, a great portion of competitive multiplayer games work. Although I have to admit that I mostly play games meant to be played among friends rather than against strangers.