Given MS has been testing Windows on the Cloud in the enterprise space for a while now, I wouldn’t be shocked if future major Windows versions, ie. Win12, became cloud-based.
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DupaCycki@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
In a few years Microsoft will just release Windows 12, with most of these AI features removed. Maybe they’ll do some user friendly tweaks too, but just a few. And most of Windows refugees will come back, praising Microsoft for listening to the community. Meanwhile there’ll be even more spyware and even less user control over the OS, but the vast majority will never notice that. That’s all it takes.
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 2 hours ago
gustofwind@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Let’s be real, windows 12 will be fully ai integrated
boaratio@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I thought Windows 10 was the last ever version of Windows?
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
It’s the last for me! And many others as well it seems.
silasmariner@programming.dev 6 hours ago
They got the punctuation all mixed up. Instead of ‘Windows 10 will be the last ever version! No more major upgrades!’ it was meant to read ‘Windows 10 will be the last ever version? No! More major upgrades!’
Unfortunate mistake
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
It’ll be taken care of by the new Microsoft CEO: Miguel Sanchez.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Just like we saw with xp/vista/7, then 7/8/10.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
People that have been windows users for years that have been recently taking steps to remove windows from their lives aren’t going back when they remove AI (also, doubt that is ever happening). They’re pissed off, and if they manage to get their stuff working in Linux there’s absolutely no reason to switch back.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
I think you are enormously overestimating their abilities to:
A) reflect on poor management decisions that hurt users. They have increased their company valuation TEN-fold under Satya Nadella over the last 11 years, and his push to cannibalise the hosted-services partners and Gold partners with Azure/365 made them a lot of ground before then. They became the second company ever to reach a valuation of $3T back in 2024. If you think a (globally) handful of unhappy home OS users will cause then to change course - I don’t think so, certainly never been my experience with MS.
B) win back most of the users they have lost to Windows. Why would those users return? They have what they need with their new solutions, and moving to them was a time and education cost that they have now fully paid, they’re invested. They’d have to have something very compelling to bring them back beyond, “hey guys we stopped being shit! (#### whispers for now)”.