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Microsoft Will Charge for Windows 10 Security Updates in 2025 (gizmodo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hasn't this been a standard practice for decades? An absolute nothingburger.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's new for the consumer market, with past versions of Windows it's only been available to the biz side.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

So it's even better than before?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There's no reason for anyone but the non-tech savvy to care about this. Just like every time before it'll be a simple registry tweak to make Windows Update pull from the extended support channel.

Now there's an alternative if you want to do it officially or aren't as tech savvy. Don't see this as anything but a win, despite the way the article is framing it.