They did since it was online. It’s closed and online, the OS “owner” are the only true admin. If it’s closed and online, your “commands” are just “suggestions” compared to theirs.
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FireWire400@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
I’m really worried about this, I don’t think it’ll become a universal standard by all means but I can see Microslop forcing this onto people as a kinda next step from all the hardware limitation bs.
They would finally have total control over your OS.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 12 hours ago
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Especially for businesses. At work you’ll have no choice but to use something like this.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
Why do you care? If you are using microsoft now it’s already a bad idea.
I don’t use Microsoft so I don’t really care what kind of crap they do.
Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
They’ve been pushing the thin client for years and it’s never taken off. You and I wouldn’t be the target for this machine and neither would gamers or content creators. This is for business or grandparents.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
It’s never taken off because of relatively inexpensive and abundant hardware. But these will be attractive to people who need something now and want something inexpensive.
Grandparents are the immediate target but eventually if they force the hardware supply shortages soon some people will need something.
Imagine students with low budget.
The next 5 years are going to be really interesting.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
It must me noted that Big Tech is currently engaged in artificially forcing hardware prices upward, along with Microsoft’s constant attempts to deprecate old hardware by forcing new versions of their OS out of compatibility with it.
There are so many ways they’re actively screwing their customers by making things tangibly worse, and then conveniently showing up to “help” by selling us more of their shit.
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 3 hours ago
Plus laws going after alternative OSes, no doubt lobbied for by MS to eliminate competition for Windows, are starting to creep in now, see Cali and Colorado.
Next step will be mandating SecureBoot and limiting OS selection to a short list of approved options.
And the end game will be thin clients connected to the cloud.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I would be surprised if this WASN’T a conspiracy among all the billionaires in their secret clubs.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Grandparents don’t want to rent shit. They want to buy it and be done. Source: this old fuck right here.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Fair. But what of they completely eliminate the ability to buy hardware like only selling to the AI fucks? Do grandparents not get phone plans for example?
purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 15 hours ago
They need to lower the price of the hosted desktops then, it’s still way more cost effective over time to buy a laptop/desktop for a 3 years cycle than to rent a monthly virtual desktop. The only business that wants it are opex obsessives that hate any capex.
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I think it’s been decades at this point, and I hope it never takes off.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I can totally see them targeting those demographics as well, cloud gaming has been kinda popular in the last few years. Content creators could be sucked in with promises of getting pro performance without the price, possibly bundled with creative software.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Self-hosters will be all over these
DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 3 hours ago
Assuming they’re not ridiculously locked down, which they probably are.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 50 minutes ago
Not sure why they would be. There are plenty of these on the market already with no issues accessing the bootloader or installing other OSs on them. Same goes for Microsoft Surface device, Chromebooks, etc.