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[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a "Subscription Edition," "Subscription Type," and a "subscription status."

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[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wondering how will F2P games with anti-cheat react to the news. Knowing that much of their player base may jump ship to Linux to avoid the subscription fees, will they relent and start using less invasive anti-cheat programs, or will they try to adapt specific versions of Wine / Proton to work in rooted mode?

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[–] bleepbloopbleep@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good thing that not one OS is Windows in our household and workshop.

There is literally no advantage in using Windows anymore for us.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Great for you! My only reasons to stay stuck with Windows are 1. anti-cheat and 2. niche programs that don't work correctly under Linux because they use several Windows programs in daisy-chain

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[–] IRQBreaker@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[–] bappity@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I dare them to try

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They gotta be crazy to do this to consumer Windows, since it's been like, free for a lot of people now.

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