It’s not april fools yet
Subscription-based, AI-Focused
“Hey team, so how can we make Windows 11 worse?” - Microslop
Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS
Submitted 12 hours ago by Korkki@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.world
https://tech4gamers.com/windows-12-reportedly-relasing-2026-modular-ai-focused-os/
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Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
will be a modular and AI-focused OS
Take all the parts that used to be included and put them behind individual pay walls. I suggest Control Panel, powershell, network access, adding icons to start menu and task bar, using multiple monitors, the registry, right click menus. I’m sure even more could be added to this list with each starting at $5/mo, on top of the access fee and one drive expansions as access to your own hdd (other than the OS) is restricted behind a $20/mo sub.
Can I get my bonus now? - Microslop team
Numinous_Ylem@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
“Hi there User! It looks like you’re trying to ctrl-alt-delete. Unfortunately this is an al a carte feature for Premium Tier Users only. Upgrade now and we get a totally free trial of left-click for one month on us!”
rmuk@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
I don’t want to hear a single one of you calling others for falling for AI slop ever again.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
What is this news outlet? This seems like just an outright lie…
Here’s another article from a more well known source saying the opposite is true. That they have no windows 12 release plans for 2026 and instead they’re trying to fix the issues with 11 and reduce the amount of AI is being pushed on the user.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
I mean, it definitely got Lemmy frothing at the mouth.
Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 hours ago
While I hate Microslop as much as the next guy - critical thinking like this is woefully absent in the internet…
ClydapusGotwald@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Many people literally read headlines and that’s all. They don’t question the source.
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
At my job we are working with a few air gapped Windows machines which is already really annoying because Microslop doesn’t offer offline installers for anything related to Windows 11 anymore. I expect this to get even more difficult over time.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Our work uses laptops and it’s already a pain in the ass with Microsoft office being subscription based cause they are often in areas with no internet or cell reception then bam, “please login”
Fuck!
h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
I’m as anti-M$ as anyone, but this just isn’t true. The windows update catalog still exists for offline patches
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 3 hours ago
Ok, where can I download the Media Feature Pack for Windows 11 N as an offline installer.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 10 hours ago
Subscription based AND AI focused? All they’re missing is loot boxes.
lechatron@lemmy.today 9 hours ago
After 100 boxes I finally unlocked paste, but still can’t copy.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 9 hours ago
Please watch 15 minutes of unskippable ads to be eligible for Co Pilot Premium Plus loot boxes, some of which may contain a platinum WindowsCOPY NFT which can be exchanged for up to ten CopyOnBlockchain transactions.
Elshender@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Im 500 in and still haven’t gotten a shiny clippy. At 1000 I heard theres supposed to be a guaranteed drop. So I should probably keep going right?
Nugscree@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Please drink verification can
Nugscree@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Hahahahaha, they just don’t want to learn do they.
zebidiah@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
They’re hoping for the every other release is half decent trend they have been following since win95
tofubl@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
I forget, was it Win10 that was supposed to be the last version of Windows ever?
flameleaf@lemmy.world 51 minutes ago
Upgraded all my Win 10 machines to Linux so you’re spot on
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
I knew this would be here…
Look, I’m normally not one to defend M$ but this just isn’t the case. One dude who was on stage for something else, who yes worked for M$ but isn’t PR or anything, made that statement as an offhand comment. The press ran with it, as they are wont to do.
Bottom line is, M$ never claimed W10 was their last os. It was “just some guy”.
rmuk@feddit.uk 2 hours ago
By all accounts it was someone who didn’t speak English as their first language and described the version as “last” when they meant “latest”.
Nugscree@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Yes it was, but this was before Nadella went full AI bro.
foxfell@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
With changes presented in 11 this statement is true for many users.
yaroto98@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Windows 12 could be released as early as this year and will be a modular OS, meaning users will have the option to add or remove features, aiming to provide more flexibility.
Does this mean I can remove the AI? /s
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It is possible with W11 to install without copilot and other garbage using the right unattended setup XML and installer that facilitates it
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
Just… install Linux if you’re going to do that much work like… why
yaroto98@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Does that prevent Windows just ninja installing it in a random update?
Treczoks@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
No. You can remove anything except Edge and AI.
ogeist@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
You will be constantly reminded that Edge is based in the same technology as Chrome though
theparadox@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Allegedly an incorrect rumor.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Yeah I trust Windows Central more than whatever this site is.
superduperenigma@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
It’s honestly impressive how many unattractive “features” they’re apparently packing into this.
Unfortunately, these are the only bright sides to this new OS. Microsoft’s Copilot, the AI assistant the company has been aggressively injecting across the ecosystem, will now be a core part of the next Windows iteration rather than a supplementary feature.
11 is bad enough, but it seems like 12 will be infected with copilot at every level of the OS rather than just shoehorned into every single app.
These AI features won’t come cheaply, with Windows 12 set to debut a new hardware requirement just as its predecessor did with the TPM 2.0 requirement. This time around, a dedicated NPU would be required, a specialized processor designed to handle AI tasks.
Oh, great. Yet another new hardware requirement, this time for unwanted AI, in a marketplace with runaway hardware prices caused by AI. On the plus side, this will make it easier for most people to not switch.
Some features of Windows 11 might also be locked away behind a subscription model that are expected to be “advanced AI services”, but the core OS will be a one-time purchase only.
Ok, so not only are you charging money for the OS, you’re also taking away existing features and making people pay a subscription?
The modular aspect of the OS is Microsoft’s CorePC architecture project that they’ve been working on for years. It will redefine the Windows experience by allowing the addition and removal of components. This will help customise the OS for each build, whether it’s a lighter-weight system, a gaming-prioritized build, etc.
Can we remove copilot, the subscription model, advertisements, and spyware?
ryper@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
This time around, a dedicated NPU would be required, a specialized processor designed to handle AI tasks.
Releasing an OS that requires an NPU when Intel and AMD are only this year starting to ship desktop CPUs that even have an NPU seems very aggressive.
TheFogan@programming.dev 11 hours ago
Doubly so factoring in it’s right now at a time when, hardware costs are skyrocketing. Getting a PC with the same specs as the one I bought in 2023, is almost double the price today. Even steam machines and consoles are delaying themselves because they can’t find a way to release at a reasonable price point.
Everyone has basically been told “3 months ago was the last time to buy a computer for a while until either the AI bubble pops, or some magical huge increase in manufacturing happens to keep up with demand”. Point is this is literally the worse time in history to tell people to go buy a new PC.
unnamed1@feddit.org 10 hours ago
Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Shitty, Shit-Based, Shit-Focused Slop.
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 9 hours ago
Microslop fully embracing it’s new name.
MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
They’re just trolling now. Nobody is that tone deaf.
Chulk@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
So this is my understanding:
- Microsoft is moving to a subscription model OS
- new tpm requirement
- hardware is sold out and/or 3x more expensive because of Sam Altman
- Microsoft is leaning into thin clients
I see people celebrating this “stupid decision” by Microsoft and saying that it’s the year of the Linux desktop. Honestly, I’d love that outcome.
But what if Microsoft is willing to destroy Windows right before the AI bubble pops, shift the entire industry away from consumer parts, get people to throw all their old devices in a landfill, and then recoup their losses when Trump inevitably bails out the industry?
I always think about how Obama’s Cash for Clunkers got people to trade in their old, reliable cars for arguably shittier new cars with built-in Surveillance capabilities and planned obsolescence. It ended up ruining the used car market too. I wonder if we will see something like that for AI. “Trade in your pc for a free year of windows 12 and a new pc (thin client) to run it”
MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
To be fair to Cash for Clunkers, the intent was to get people on better gas efficiency cars, not to downgrade people to worse cars. California policy is the one that mandated cameras on newer cars, but also to be fair there it does reduce incidents of crashing during reverse.
I think Microsoft shouldn’t really be making plans around windows based on the state of the government today and should be concerned with how it changes just 6 months from now.
Chulk@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
To be fair to Cash for Clunkers, the intent was to get people on better gas efficiency cars, not to downgrade people to worse cars.
I was a supporter of the program at the time and agreed with that intent. However, In retrospect it was more of a handout to the auto industry. And whether intended or not, it hurt the used car market and got people to abandon very reliable (and more importantly, easily self repairable) cars that were built in the 90s.
2008 was right around the time when automakers started adding more tech to cars. So that’s where my suspicions about surveilance comes in. In fact, an infamous vulnerability, which can be used to uniquely identify vehicles, was introduced into most US vehicles made after 2008.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
Windows Slop Edition
serpineslair@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Windows
SlopEdition.
ech@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Super glad to have gotten off that shit-train last year. Still dealing with the Linux learning curve, but never going back.
kescusay@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Every time I have to use my work laptop (with Windows) for anything, it feels like a giant step back. Lately it’s even worse; it feels like that step is right into some dog shit.
This might legitimately be the year of the Linux desktop, not because Linux suddenly got better, but because Windows finally got unacceptably bad.
meejle@piefed.world 11 hours ago
The report appears to have originated from PCWorld, but has gained mass attention on Reddit with over 12,000 upvotes and thousands of angry comments. The good news is the report is false. According to contacts that are familiar with the Windows roadmap, there is no plan to ship a Windows 12 this year. In fact, I understand that the Windows roadmap for 2026 is all about fixing Windows 11 and attempting to improve its reputation by addressing top feedback such as reducing AI bloat across the OS, bringing back the movable Taskbar, and more.
[…]
There’s lots of other claims the report makes that are also easy to debunk. The codename Hudson Valley is from 2023 and not tied to a Windows 12, the “radically redesigned” UI claims are just based on a leaked concept from 2022 that was never greenlit to ship, and a subscription-based version of Windows has been rumored to be around the corner since 2012.
LifeLikeLady@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Subscription based. I missed that. So happy I switched.
MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Not sure how they could be confident in the idea of selling hardware to users right now, considering even the cost of thin clients is stupidly high.
Maybe there’s something I’m missing here.
bstix@feddit.dk 8 hours ago
I don’t understand why I would want to buy a new computer so their OS can have their AI do that stuff that they want.
Why don’t they just do it themselves then? I never asked for any of that shit.
Hackbraten@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Abandon ship
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
This headline describes the disastrous state of Microslop perfectly. It gets worse with every written word.
br0da@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Microslop Trough
doug@lemmy.today 11 hours ago
“no sloppy Windows, guys— I mean it.” “LET’S SLOP IT UP!”
Bullerfar@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
As we thought it couldn’t get any worse.
kokesh@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Win 11 was such a success, so it is of course absolutely logical Microslop will double down on going that way.
aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
downright determined to develop the shittiest computation experience mankind has ever known
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Just what nobody wanted!
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
Jokes aside though, we have to use Windows 10 iot VMs and VDIs to connect to secure production environments due to our clients’ corporate policies. Currently we host and sandbox the VMs on Linux servers in order to ensure the integrity of our interactions with the client systems. How the fuck arebwe supposed to do that in the future when the VM’s OS is constantly chatting with a third party?
Elroc@lemmus.org 12 hours ago
So Microsoft is continuing their promotion of Linux.
poke@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Hijacking top comment to let people know this article is just made up.
turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 48 minutes ago
Stopped reading after the “Why it matters” section. Nobody uses that phrase in an article.
jcorvera@quokk.au 5 hours ago
This. It’s based on AI Halucinations based off of previous trends. MS’s roadmap does not have W12 listed at all.