Comment on Microsoft Came to Bargain: Use OneDrive for Device Backup, Opt into Loyalty Program and Use Their Products Till You Earn 1000 Points or Pay $30 and They Might Give You Security Updates till Oct 2026.

reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  they’re deprecating the product, this is pretty normal

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• lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Windows has always done this and so do many others. I very much doubt that the EU would fine Microsoft for it. Since when was extended support against EU regulation?

  Companies like redhat do the same thing for end of life software: access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-eus

  I’m not familiar with Suse but it looks like they pretty much do the same thing: www.suse.com/…/long-term-service-pack-support/.

  Ubuntu too: ubuntu.com/security/esm

  Of course IBM: www.ibm.com/…/ibm-security-extended-support

  And many others.

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• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Microsoft gonna send someone to smash your kneecaps for talking like this. They are shaking their nice guy image and going full gangster pimp.

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