It still wouldn’t surprise me to see some sort of subscription model being added to Windows 12. Like “disable ads in the UI if you subscribe” or hiding basic apps/features/settings behind a paywall (“watching Netflix on Windows is a Premium feature. Subscribe now!”).
The Windows 12 rumors were due to bad reporting from PC World that it seems AI news articles ran with (I believe an Ai mistranslation was the original issue, but at the very least a translation issue). They added an editor’s note to the original [article] (https://www.pcworld.com/article/3068331/windows-12-rumors-features-pricing-everything-we-know-so-far.html)
It still wouldn’t surprise me to see some sort of subscription model being added to Windows 12. Like “disable ads in the UI if you subscribe” or hiding basic apps/features/settings behind a paywall (“watching Netflix on Windows is a Premium feature. Subscribe now!”).