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Subscriptions With Automated Recurring Billing Come To Windows 10 (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the next-up dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: In yet another bid to woo developers to the platform, Microsoft is introducing subscription add-ons for Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, and later. Available to all UWP developers, the add-on subscriptions with automated recurring billing will allow creators to sell digital products directly in their apps. Subscription periods available include 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year or 2 years, and it's possible for developers to offer a free trial period too.

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  1. Told you so. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Called this back when Windows 10 came out. Enjoy your subscription OS, Windows 10 suckers.

    1. Re: Told you so. by geekmux · · Score: 5, Insightful

      PLEASE folks.....vote for this subscription BS with you wallets.

      Don't buy in....

      So far, I'm not going with Adobe's rental model, for example. I can do just fine with the CS6 suite for example I bought....and there are now competitors for many of those tools (Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, OnOne....etc)......

      Don't give into this bullshit of renting your software....vote with your wallet, keep it closed.

      I wish there were enough people that agreed with this stance to make a real difference, and change the course we're on.

      Unfortunately, you represent a mere fraction of consumer mentality out there, so SaaS infections will continue and be inevitable.

    2. Re: Told you so. by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It has NOTHING to do with the OS.

      Yet.

      Microsoft is setting up a large recurring payments infrastructure. You don't have to be a genius to see what's coming after the "beta testers" are done with it.

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  2. Re: Woo developers, shoo users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Kids are being brought up in a world where subscriptions and unlimited micropayments are normal.

  3. Re: Woo developers, shoo users by Hal_Porter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't worry Zuckerberg is in favour of a Universal Basic Income.

    The first stage is a UBI

    The second stage is that everything needs micropayment, cunningly priced so that the average person spends their whole UBI

    The final stage is that the UBI goes directly to Whole foods, Apple or Microsoft, Facebook etc.

    If you want a vision of the future imagine a vegan Birkenstock stamping on a human face forever

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  4. You earned it. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you've stuck with Windows despite all the horrible shit that Microsoft has been doing to you, you've earned this. Seriously, you have put in a concerted effort bear all the spying, absurd UI changes and just all around malicious behavior, so this is your reward.

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