Xbox Live and Playstation Plus: backing slowly out of the room
Comment on Petition demands that Microsoft extends Windows 10 support
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 year agoCould you imagine having to pay apple a monthly fee just because you use iOS on their phone?
Or pay Google every month to use android?
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Except that you can keep upgrading windows or just install linux and be up to date with the security patches for like 10+ years, your phone runs out of support in like 5-6 years in the best case and then good luck using these banking apps securely.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I would be fine if windows required you to purchase a new OS every 5-6 years. Paying monthly is bull shit though.
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I agree, subscriptions are stupid. But for now I am still using my windows 7 key on windows 11 so they were more than reasonable up until now.
I could see them adding windows as part of Microsoft 365 package they sell to businesses. Companies always had a different policy when it comes to software, that’s where most of the software companies make most of their money. It’s why piracy was allowed for so long, consumers get used to the software through the pirated version, then they demand it at work which can’t use pirated software obviously.
snowe@programming.dev 1 year ago
Apple is still releasing security updates for the iPhone 6s… that’s over 8 years of phone updates. support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Sure, but in that case you pay for the OS through the overly inflated price of the device that brings mediocre warranty and pathetic options for repair. It’s a tradeoff.