• BurningnnTree@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get it, what’s the benefit of this? Why would your average joe want to use a cloud instance instead of running Windows locally? How does Microsoft benefit from this?

    • WasPentalive@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Microsoft gets to sell the sizzle, not the steak. They also have all your data since the OS is running on their computer, not yours. I guess this will make Windows a web app, working like NextCloud only on their machines.

      • IjonTichy@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Microsoft doesn’t care about what you use Windows for as long as you are paying and they have no legal obligation to stop you.