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minus-squareZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·3 days agoSee? That’s why Satya Nadella doesn’t care about Windows. Soon nobody will be able to afford a PC anyways.
minus-squareEtherWhack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoThey want consumers to have cheap low-resource systems so they are forced to use the cloud for storage and processing.
minus-squarez3rOR0ne@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoYes, all the power to do any form of large computation needs to be traceable and rented. You will own nothing, rent everything, and be happy with it.
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAnd bow down to the subscription economy.
See? That’s why Satya Nadella doesn’t care about Windows. Soon nobody will be able to afford a PC anyways.
They want consumers to have cheap low-resource systems so they are forced to use the cloud for storage and processing.
Yes, all the power to do any form of large computation needs to be traceable and rented. You will own nothing, rent everything, and be happy with it.
And bow down to the subscription economy.