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I'm fucking done with Chrome. Fuck this.

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[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

operating systems might eventually be subscription based too.... oh wait

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Linux, the superior operating system, will never be subscription based.

[–] Deuces@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Red hat shifting nervously in its seat

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Technically the subscription is for the enterprise customer support, not for the software itself.

[–] AgriasArseid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far. Never trust a publicly traded company when they think there is money to be made.

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Never trust a publicly traded company.

[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the only kind of based that linux wont be

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Can you even imagine?

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait what ? we're not there yet are we ?

[–] darcy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

apparently windows 12 is planned be a subscription, or at least have something be a subscription. this is just what ive heard tho

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fr ? It's high time to ditch that sorry excuse of an OS 🙁

[–] danque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

For now it's just rumor from a developer file that said something along the line of 'subscription_status:###'.