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Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

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268 points tech234a | 2 comments | 29 Mar 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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grishka ◴[29 Mar 25 10:06 UTC] No.43514218[source]▶
Mandatory code signing is meaningless without secure boot though, which can't be made mandatory on x86 systems.
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1. theandrewbailey ◴[29 Mar 25 13:06 UTC] No.43515221[source]▶
I was under the impression that Secure Boot was a lot of the reason behind Windows 11's TPM 2.0 requirement.
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2. grishka ◴[29 Mar 25 13:59 UTC] No.43515592[source]▶
That requirement isn't technical though. It's purely a marketing one. You can still install Windows 11 on a TPM-less machine and, for all intents and purposes, it'll work just fine.