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Windows 11 is now an ad platform--this is why we're here (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The writing is on the wall--I suspect the next Windows OS will be a subscription service. Gather your ISOs while ye may.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Small businesses that can’t afford a dedicated IT department and pro licenses are gonna love this. I’m sure Linux will pick up more users but the real winner will likely be Apple and Macs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

the real winner will likely be Apple and Macs

I'm sure they will find a way to enshittify in a equally intrusive manner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Small business that can't afford dedicated IT usually outsource to a consultant or MSP, who damn well better sell them on Pro.

If you can't afford proper licensing as a business, I doubt you're gonna make it

I have friends in the SMB consulting space - ALL of their clients run Pro, with at least one DC. Their smallest clients are 2-3 person environments.

A business needs a lot more than a workstation or two - backup, security (IDS/IPS/firewall/spam filtering), email (pretty much all hosted these days). You're not doing this without pro licensing. You can't even use Group Policy on home.

These issues truly only affect home users - specifically the non-technical. And that's such a small set of people it's almost doesn't matter to MS, which is why they're pushing this crap there.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

That kind of depends on the business, doesn’t it? I’m sure there are plenty of small businesses that don’t even know what a SMB consulting space is. I suspect there a lot of people running businesses off their laptop. You might have a narrow view of what constitutes a small business.