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Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by _mlbt »

bell-cot wrote: post #2

As the article's title notes, with strings attached .

Windows 10 came out almost 10 years ago and they offered a free upgrade to Windows 11. I know people love to hate on Microsoft, but they’ve done better than most technology companies when it comes to security updates here. You’re lucky to get even half of that length of support from most Android devices for example.

Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by paulkrush »

Microsoft announced that you can extend Windows 10 support if you enroll in Microsoft Backup or purchase “Microsoft Points.” Just think if they get printer manufacturers in on this, just to keep your ink cartridges “authentic” and up to date, and you can keep using Windows 10. And so on...

It’s interesting/unsettling to extrapolate a dystopian future from these moves. Keiichi Matsuda’s short film “Hyper-Reality”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs

Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by bezier-curve »

_mlbt wrote: post #3
bell-cot wrote: post #2

As the article's title notes, with strings attached .

Windows 10 came out almost 10 years ago and they offered a free upgrade to Windows 11. I know people love to hate on Microsoft, but they’ve done better than most technology companies when it comes to security updates here. You’re lucky to get even half of that length of support from most Android devices for example.

If we're comparing them to other software companies, what would be their fairest comparison? Is there another company that manages the overwhelming majority of client desktops around the world?

Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by adastra22 »

bezier-curve wrote: post #5
_mlbt wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 came out almost 10 years ago and they offered a free upgrade to Windows 11. I know people love to hate on Microsoft, but they’ve done better than most technology companies when it comes to security updates here. You’re lucky to get even half of that length of support from most Android devices for example.

If we're comparing them to other software companies, what would be their fairest comparison? Is there another company that manages the overwhelming majority of client desktops around the world?

Apple? Certainly in education and other sectors. Their support horizons are t as long.

Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by hnhg »

_mlbt wrote: post #3
bell-cot wrote: post #2

As the article's title notes, with strings attached .

Windows 10 came out almost 10 years ago and they offered a free upgrade to Windows 11. I know people love to hate on Microsoft, but they’ve done better than most technology companies when it comes to security updates here. You’re lucky to get even half of that length of support from most Android devices for example.

I have a perfectly good machine that cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 for some arbitrary reason. Fortunately, I no longer specifically need Windows and can move on from it. I actually quite like Windows now that WSL2 is decent, but I don't need this specific form of enshittification in my life (along with all the tracking and ads). I don't use Android for the very same reason.

Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by derivagral »

_mlbt wrote: post #3
bell-cot wrote: post #2

As the article's title notes, with strings attached .

Windows 10 came out almost 10 years ago and they offered a free upgrade to Windows 11. I know people love to hate on Microsoft, but they’ve done better than most technology companies when it comes to security updates here. You’re lucky to get even half of that length of support from most Android devices for example.

That free upgrade refuses to work with my hardware. I am glad they are continuing security, but they are literally forcing me to install another OS (as I understand the security difference).

Re: Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026

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Post by spencerflem »

_mlbt wrote: post #3
bell-cot wrote: post #2

As the article's title notes, with strings attached .

Windows 10 came out almost 10 years ago and they offered a free upgrade to Windows 11. I know people love to hate on Microsoft, but they’ve done better than most technology companies when it comes to security updates here. You’re lucky to get even half of that length of support from most Android devices for example.

Even if I wanted to, my CPU isn't supported for (IMO) completely nonsense reasons.
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