They know they can’t do it overnight and force it down people’s throats, because it’s fundamentally anti-freedom, people will resist, rebel, start to switch to devices and systems that allow them to take back their personal and computing autonomy, using technology to enable their own goals instead of what the manufacturers and services “allow”. So they have to slowly creep it in.
This is exactly what Windows 11 is. I have a background in large scale system deployments and if you want anything to be effective, you have to baseline it. What better way than with a the rollout of a mandatory OS upgrade demanding these features?
You can’t crack the trusted computing whip if everyone isn’t on that same baseline. Mark my words, I’d bet a fucking limb on it, once Windows 11 sees a significant market share the decline will become much more severe, much more quickly. They’re hungry, they relented a bit on Windows 10 in the EU for another year because they’re so close, what’s one more year. They can taste how close it is now …
This is exactly what Windows 11 is. I have a background in large scale system deployments and if you want anything to be effective, you have to baseline it. What better way than with a the rollout of a mandatory OS upgrade demanding these features?
You can’t crack the trusted computing whip if everyone isn’t on that same baseline. Mark my words, I’d bet a fucking limb on it, once Windows 11 sees a significant market share the decline will become much more severe, much more quickly. They’re hungry, they relented a bit on Windows 10 in the EU for another year because they’re so close, what’s one more year. They can taste how close it is now …