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   GNU/r000t (r000t@ligma.pro)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 14:57:46 JST GNU/r000t

   Remote Desktop is far too descriptive. Microsoft fixing this by renaming it to "Windows App"

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 14:57:45 JST 翠星石

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     @r000t Obviously the long term 計画 (note: keikaku means plan) is to have windows be nothing more than a remote interface to the actual copies of the software running on microsoft's computers, with access behind a monthly subscription - clearly "remote" gives it away too much (even normies will realize that what they are accessing is a remote computer), but "windows app" will probably make normies think that what they are interfacing with is just another "app".
     
     It seems that microsoft has finally realized that the only guaranteed way to prevent unauthorized copying of software and implement effective digital handcuffs is to never provide a copy of the software in the first place.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 15:25:22 JST 翠星石

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     • plat
     @k1tteh Yes, everything microsoft does is typically planned for years beforehand.
     
     Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they fail, but when they fail, they take note of the lessons learned and try it again when the time is more ripe (from a few months to more than a decade).
     
     One example would be Palladium - they failed 10+ years ago and are trying again now that backdoor co-processors and fTPM's are now almost always included in hardware.
     
     Another example is the "recall" - they chose to not release it on the planned date, but are releasing it with most of the same functionality now that most people have forgotten about it.
     
     
     Making fun of microsoft doesn't do anything to the success or failure of their proprietary plans.
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     plat (k1tteh@uwu.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Aug-2024 15:25:23 JST plat

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     @Suiseiseki @r000t wasn't this planned since like 2018 and everyone made fun of them for it back then?