and so it begins; computers like as service. It will start at workplaces first, very cheap compared to buying laptops, of course. Then gradually, as more and more become dependant on it, the fees will rice and it will become way more expensive than laptops. Also, you'll get locked in not just by software, but hardware too - MICROSOFT OWNS YOU, AND YOUR WALLET π
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fuuuuuuuuccck no.
nextcloud gets more attractive by the day
As you may have been able to glean from context from the title, this is a thin client used to remote to a cloud hosted Windows (Win$lop, to appease the presumably likeminded audience) desktop.
Another subscription I will never subscribe to. Cool
How is this any different than the thin clients that have existed for decades? They never sell well because people donβt want to do all their computing elsewhere.