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Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 'S Mode' (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the further-expansion dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft head honcho Joe Belfiore confirmed today that Windows 10 S won't be a separate Windows version anymore and that Microsoft will ship an "S Mode" with Windows 10 starting 2019. "Next year 10S will be a "mode" of existing versions, not a distinct version," Belfiore said today on Twitter.

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  1. "Unactivated" Edition by omnichad · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's about time they made Windows 10 S free. All pirate copies of Windows 10 that fail to activate get to be Windows 10 S. If you have a paid license, you get Home or Pro. Anyone can download the media creation tool and install Windows 10 S without a license.

    That's my prediction. Though give it 2 more years and anyone not paying for a subscription to Windows will get the "S" edition and everyone else will be downgraded.

  2. Secure by Excelcia · · Score: 2, Interesting

    S is supposed to be for Secure. Microsoft's walled garden mode. They think it'll be a big hit. The funny part...

    It is yet unknown if Microsoft will make "S Mode" available for free, or users will have to pay a fee before being able to switch their current OS into "S Mode."

    ...is that they are considering charging extra. That's right, you will need to pay them for the privelege of locking your computer up to use only their walled garden software.

    They are consistently out of touch with people actually want their computers to do. That's just Microsoft. It's why they have to strong arm everyone into buying their product, because they have never really quite figured out how to actually innovate. This, however, surprised me with the depth of just how deeply ignorant they really are. My concern is that they will reverse this. They will claim that "S" mode is wildly popular and requested and will "relent" and give it by default to everyone, and make you pay to use anything else on your computer.