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It means Windows is switching to a subscription model. It could be a good thing for some Linux users, if they need Windows for specific applications and don't want to spin up a VM. O can't see a reason for using it beyond that, other than being forced to, because Microsoft kills off yoir local Windows and turns your computer for a bootloader for a cloud system, which is itself a bootloader for your browser, for most people. What a terrible world we live in. Zero privacy guaranteed, a subscription model making Windows more profitable (again).
ALSO, good luck stripping down Windows, removing bloatware, ads and telemetry. I GUARANTEE you it will be impossible to remove ads and telemetry on Windows in the Cloud. And thus that crap will be FORCED on you!
However, since most retail hardware is built to target Windows compatibility, it could mean fewer options for hardware that will be easy to install Linux (or any other OS) on.
In fact, I would count on Microsift making their hardware spec intentionally be difficult to load anything "unapproved" on.
they are doing that already with secureboot.
altho i fortunatley haven't encountered machines yet where you can't disable it.
Precisely. Putting more of the control onto Microsoft server means this: you do anything that they don't like? No Windows for you. Oh, now we need more money so now we're putting in a shitty change, don't like it? Suck it up.