So Microsoft is continuing their promotion of Linux.

Subscription-based, AI-Focused

"Hey team, so how can we make a worse Windows 11?" - Microslop

What is this news outlet? This seems like just an outright lie...

Here's another article from a more well known source saying the opposite is true. That they have no windows 12 release plans for 2026 and instead they're trying to fix the issues with 11 and reduce the amount of AI is being pushed on the user.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/no-an-ai-focused-windows-12-is-not-coming-this-year-false-report-gets-the-facts-completely-wrong

Windows 12 could be released as early as this year and will be a modular OS, meaning users will have the option to add or remove features, aiming to provide more flexibility.

Does this mean I can remove the AI? /s

Subscription based AND AI focused? All they're missing are loot boxes.

I don't want to hear a single one of you calling others for falling for AI slop ever again.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/no-an-ai-focused-windows-12-is-not-coming-this-year-false-report-gets-the-facts-completely-wrong

At my job we are working with a few air gapped Windows machines which is already really annoying because Microslop doesn't offer offline installers for anything related to Windows 11 anymore. I expect this to get even more difficult over time.

Also:

Allegedly an incorrect rumor.

Windows Central

I forget, was it Win10 that was supposed to be the last version of Windows ever?

It's honestly impressive how many unattractive "features" they're apparently packing into this.

Unfortunately, these are the only bright sides to this new OS. Microsoft’s Copilot, the AI assistant the company has been aggressively injecting across the ecosystem, will now be a core part of the next Windows iteration rather than a supplementary feature.

11 is bad enough, but it seems like 12 will be infected with copilot at every level of the OS rather than just shoehorned into every single app.

These AI features won’t come cheaply, with Windows 12 set to debut a new hardware requirement just as its predecessor did with the TPM 2.0 requirement. This time around, a dedicated NPU would be required, a specialized processor designed to handle AI tasks.

Oh, great. Yet another new hardware requirement, this time for unwanted AI, in a marketplace with runaway hardware prices caused by AI. On the plus side, this will make it easier for most people to not switch.

Some features of Windows 11 might also be locked away behind a subscription model that are expected to be “advanced AI services”, but the core OS will be a one-time purchase only.

Ok, so not only are you charging money for the OS, you're also taking away existing features and making people pay a subscription?

The modular aspect of the OS is Microsoft’s CorePC architecture project that they’ve been working on for years. It will redefine the Windows experience by allowing the addition and removal of components. This will help customise the OS for each build, whether it’s a lighter-weight system, a gaming-prioritized build, etc.

Can we remove copilot, the subscription model, advertisements, and spyware?

They're just trolling now. Nobody is that tone deaf.

Hahahahaha, they just don't want to learn do they.

Microslop (through tears): Stop calling us Microslop!
Also Microslop:

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Shitty, Shit-Based, Shit-Focused Slop.

Windows Slop Edition

Hard no from me

The report appears to have originated from PCWorld, but has gained mass attention on Reddit with over 12,000 upvotes and thousands of angry comments. The good news is the report is false. According to contacts that are familiar with the Windows roadmap, there is no plan to ship a Windows 12 this year. In fact, I understand that the Windows roadmap for 2026 is all about fixing Windows 11 and attempting to improve its reputation by addressing top feedback such as reducing AI bloat across the OS, bringing back the movable Taskbar, and more.

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There's lots of other claims the report makes that are also easy to debunk. The codename Hudson Valley is from 2023 and not tied to a Windows 12, the "radically redesigned" UI claims are just based on a leaked concept from 2022 that was never greenlit to ship, and a subscription-based version of Windows has been rumored to be around the corner since 2012.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/no-an-ai-focused-windows-12-is-not-coming-this-year-false-report-gets-the-facts-completely-wrong

I've just deployed bunch of win10-iot devices in an engineering workshop with write protection. Those are supported until 2032 so we're good.

Gonna continue running linux at home, tho. In the office, because of autodesk, we're gonna have to have something windows.

Fuck autodesk

Abandon ship

Super glad to have gotten off that shit-train last year. Still dealing with the Linux learning curve, but never going back.

This headline describes the disastrous state of Microslop perfectly. It gets worse with every written word.

I don't understand why I would want to buy a new computer so their OS can have their AI do that stuff that they want.

Why don't they just do it themselves then? I never asked for any of that shit.

So this is my understanding:

• Microsoft is moving to a subscription model OS
• new tpm requirement
• hardware is sold out and/or 3x more expensive because of Sam Altman
• Microsoft is leaning into thin clients

I see people celebrating this "stupid decision" by Microsoft and saying that it's the year of the Linux desktop. Honestly, I'd love that outcome.

But what if Microsoft is willing to destroy Windows right before the AI bubble pops, shift the entire industry away from consumer parts, get people to throw all their old devices in a landfill, and then recoup their losses when Trump inevitably bails out the industry?

I always think about how Obama's Cash for Clunkers got people to trade in their old, reliable cars for arguably shittier new cars with built-in Surveillance capabilities and planned obsolescence. It ended up ruining the used car market too. I wonder if we will see something like that for AI. "Trade in your pc for a free year of windows 12 and a new pc (thin client) to run it"

Microslop Trough

Well that sounds just fucking awful!

As we thought it couldn't get any worse.

“no sloppy Windows, guys— I mean it.”
“LET’S SLOP IT UP!”