With how Microsoft are handling updates lately, no longer getting them might actually be a selling point
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
The entire article is based on a false premise:
With ESU, you can still get security updates and minor fixes or improvements, but the catch is that extended support ends on October 13, 2026.
Not true, there are three years of ESU updates available.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
MadBits@europe.pub 3 weeks ago
Honestly, its like they are fighting to drown the company. Microslop.
muelltonne@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Do you have a source for that? Everything including Microsoft itself I find tells me that free ESU support for private users will end in Oct 26. Do you mean some paid feature for companies or so?
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You can activate 3 years of updates for free with Microsoft Activation Scripts: massgrave.dev/windows10_eol
Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You are talking about the business extension that was already available everywhere, but it requires buying it. The article is talking about Germany and the free version that Europe forced Microsoft to enable for everyone, even without a subscription - but only in Europe. That one is only one year.
AlDente@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The link I shared contains steps to activate the 3-year extension for free, on a non-business computer. I don’t care if this extension is marketed towards business accounts. You can activate all 3 years on your personal computer for free.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I just know they said from the start that you could buy three years at escalating prices. Then later, closer to the original end of support they made the first year of ESU free for users in the EEA, and then they made it buy-able for reward points or something like that for everyone.
You’re probably right on that