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Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

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268 points tech234a | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | source
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samiv ◴[29 Mar 25 07:00 UTC] No.43513408[source]▶
I'm also 100% convinced Microsoft will introduce mandatory code signing at some point and make it so that you can only ever install software from Windows Store.

They are envious of the Google and Apple walled gardens/cashcows and are now determined to turn Windows into one.

Windows is no longer a product for users, the users of Windows are the product for Microsoft to be shoved into the Azure sales funnel.

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facile3232 ◴[29 Mar 25 08:27 UTC] No.43513801[source]▶
> They are envious of the Google and Apple walled gardens/cashcows and are now determined to turn Windows into one.

Which is perplexing, because this is essentially the opposite strategy than what gave windows value to begin with.

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1. heresie-dabord ◴[29 Mar 25 10:10 UTC] No.43514240[source]▶
> Which is perplexing, because this is essentially the opposite strategy than what gave windows value to begin with.

Consider how much has changed since the first 25 years of MSFT. Both in business and in life in general.