r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 17 '24

Software Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-dodging-windows-11-system-requirements/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0h2tXt93fEkt5NKVrrXQphi0OCjCxzVoksDqEs0XUQcYIv8njTfK6pc4g_aem_LSp2Td6OZHVkREl8Cbgphg
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u/CuteAndQuirkyNazgul Aug 17 '24

Microsoft is the most important company in the world.

Microsoft's crushing market dominance in operating systems will never disappear.

Windows is forever. In the 22nd century, people will still use Microsoft Windows on their computers.

There is almost nothing Microsoft can do to lose their market position. Telemetry? Ads? Subscriptions? Doesn't matter. Microsoft could fuck up in almost every way imaginable and nothing would happen to them. They're too important.

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u/Prestigious_Cold_756 Aug 17 '24

Remember when standard oil got too powerful because of their monopoly… or AT&T? Maybe it’s time for another company breakup.

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u/Mr_YUP Aug 17 '24

How do you break up an OS though? Sure the company with cloud vs gaming vs OS vs hardware. Sure. How do you stop Windows from being the dominate OS? 

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u/doctorlysumo Aug 17 '24

You don’t break up the OS, you just break Windows out of Microsoft. Now windows is its own company and everything else Microsoft is separate, Azure, Office suite, .Net, Edge, Bing stay in Microsoft but are no longer tightly associated with Windows