Future of Windows in pro audio

[jamcat]

https://www.techradar.com/computing/win ... al-account

[whyterabbyt]

https://www.techradar.com/computing/win ... al-account

Your assertion was very specifically made in the current tense. That is an article about something which was supposedly going to be implemented at some point in the future.
Do you need the difference between the present and a potential future explained to you in short words?

Also, did you not understand the bit in that article about the fact that this only applied to Home version, because Domain joining?

[legendCNCD]

Future of Windows is on my audio desktop. Why would I want to change to slower audio stack, like on mac, or one which craps out when you move a pluginwindow/window on a DAW/desktop, linux.

I dunno...

[jamcat]

The phase out of local accounts to exclusively cloud-based Microsoft accounts is ongoing and well known. It will be complete this year. Play dumb if you want, it’s not my problem.

[revvy]

What’s a ‘slower audio stack’?

I’m on a Mac, my stack seems fine. No problems at all with my stack.

[Aloysius]

Play dumb if you want, it’s not jamcat's problem.

[Seafire Mk2]

What's the problem with not having a 'local account' ?

(Whatever that is)

[jamcat]

What's the problem with not having a 'local account' ?

(Whatever that is)

A local account is your Windows user account as you’ve known it. It exists locally on your machine. A Microsoft account is like an online 365 account. That account exists on their cloud servers, and you have to login online.

Those accounts already exist, and are now the default accounts users need to login online into their desktops with. Microsoft is systematically eliminating local accounts, and you will only be able to use your Windows computer if you are logged into such an account, likely by October of this year, when support for Windows 11 24H2 is discontinued.

Microsoft is absolutely railroading users into their cloud environment.

[Seafire Mk2]

Ok, I'm none the wiser.

So if I'm not online, I can't use my PC?

[jamcat]

Ok, I'm none the wiser.

So if I'm not online, I can't use my PC?

Probably not. Perhaps you will be able to pirate some version of Windows for the 3rd world.

[Seafire Mk2]

Still none the wiser

Thanks for the info

[jamcat]

Look, no one knows exactly where this is going to end up, and Microsoft isn't saying. But it is pretty clear how it is trending.

[Seafire Mk2]

Clear as mud

[jamcat]

All we know for sure right now is the next Windows update (the current Windows preview) no longer allows users to create local accounts during setup. An online Microsoft account will be required. Microsoft accounts require periodic online validation, like Roland Cloud accounts.

This gives Microsoft the power to force you online, deliver ads directly to your Start menu, lock you out of your desktop, or delete your account. 365 accounts are completely cloud-based, and, for example, if you have an email account through Outlook 365, you will lose all of your emails if the account is deactivated, as they aren't stored locally, even if you have the Outlook client installed on your computer. This is what the future of Windows looks like.

[VladK]

All we know for sure right now is the next Windows update (the current Windows preview) no longer allows users to create local accounts during setup. An online Microsoft account will be required. Microsoft accounts require periodic online validation, like Roland Cloud accounts.

This gives Microsoft the power to force you online, deliver ads directly to your Start menu, lock you out of your desktop, or delete your account. 365 accounts are completely cloud-based, and, for example, if you have an email account through Outlook 365, you will lose all of your emails if the account is deactivated, as they aren't stored locally, even if you have the Outlook client installed on your computer. This is what the future of Windows looks like.

I am curious how this fits the EU regulations.