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Not necessarily. All it takes is a reason to make you use this system (compare it to your cell phone contract or World of Warcraft). Maybe not you, but the vast majority of casual or technically less skilled computer users. You know: those posting in the General Tech Help forum because they've caught another virus/trojan/spyware they can't get rid of or because they've tried reinstalling their operating system but now can't get all the parts of it working.First off, they can't do this because they would lose a ton of customers. I would switch to linux for sure. This isn't like a monthly subscription. This charges you by the amount of time you use the computer.
This really cool new application/game only runs on subscription-based PCs, so you may choose:
Judging by the mere abstract of the patent, prior art has been around for over two decades, be it for the software part or the business model. Then, there's the Bilski ruling. The patent may not stand, but that doesn't matter as long as the model itself survives.Can you really patent a billing system? The actual product (the computer) wouldn't change, would it?