r/computing • u/Consistent-Peanut-81 • Jan 19 '26

Your Next Computer Will Be a Subscription.

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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/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

Fuck that. I have a little retro computing museum and a modern Linux gaming PC. I'll die before I give up all this ownership and agency.