Microsoft quietly extends Windows 10's extra security updates program for free: Users can now stay on Windows 10 until October 2027 securely
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/microsoft-quietly-extends-windows-10s-extra-security-updates-program-for-free-users-can-now-stay-on-windows-10-until-october-2027-securely
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snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 59d
Its because the entire government runs on 10.
GreyCat@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 56d
Governments would have payed the fees. It's probably because something like a quarter of windows users are still on windows 10.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 56d
The government is 1/4 of Windows users.
whosepoopisonmybuttocks@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 59d
Giving everyone another year or so to get comfortable with Linux, I see.
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 13 pts · 59d
They blinked first.
fluckx@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 59d
Seems like the threat to stop support was just a marketing ploy to get more people to the latest data harvest version OS
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 59d
Or, you know, you could leave. Or get on an LTSC version. For my contractor laptop, I have Win 10 IoT LTSC.