• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Enshitification Comes.

    Can’t wait until the Windows OS starts demanding you have a credit card on file in order to function.

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      3 days ago

      Oh that is in the pipeline.

      Assisted a man with new iPhone yesterday. Can’t download free apps or anything from the appstore without a working card on file.

      Disgusting.

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    3 days ago

    Although hotpatching has been available for the longest time for Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition, and it will continue without charge, these security updates for Windows Server 2025 users will cost $1.50 per CPU core per month. Yes, you read that right, per core.

    So its not being charged for everyone, only those not running on Azure (which is a huge number of folks). However, Microsoft giving preferential terms to MS software running in Azure instead of elsewhere isn’t new. They’ve been doing this for Windows and MS SQL server for years though Azure Hybrid Benefit.