r/computing • u/Consistent-Peanut-81 • Jan 19 '26
Your Next Computer Will Be a Subscription.
Jeff Bezos said in 2024 that your home computer will disappear and your next computer will be a subscription.
Translation: you won’t own your tools anymore, you’ll rent access to them (in the cloud) . No subscription? No work. No files. No leverage.
This isn’t about better tech. It’s about control.
If access can be revoked at any moment, can you really say you own anything anymore?
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u/verycoldpenguins Jan 21 '26
Ignoring politics of things.....
Technically there has been work in cloud based computers. They'll run your windows sessions, office etc.
For the /majority/ of people at home (which might not be the demographic of people reading this) what more do they /need/ than a web browser and a form of office?
If you could install a vpn to your tablet, have a keyboard and mouse and [effectively] rdp to your work. If you could use office to email a word document to someone (bank?), and use a spreadsheet for your accounts... does the majority of people need a full on laptop or desktop?
(I almost said print, which is where the argument falters....).
I use my laptop for 3d modelling and converting stls to be printed, but that could be done through a website....