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Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

It’s like they forgot that their monopoly is ensured by their lenience towards piracy and industry leading backwards compatibility. Being consumer hostile this way is unusual from Microsoft but I guess they hope to make it up by making Windows subscription based in the longer term.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Tbh I thought they would have already gone subscription by now. When they announced win11 after saying 10 was the last I was very surprised it wasn't either free or subscription based. Now I wonder if they will at some point release win12 with AI tools behind pro and make that subscription only.

I use Linux so I won't be touching it but will see how it goes. Usually end up having to know at least a little about this as people ask me to fix their windows PCs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

You can keep using Windows 10 safely on your old hardware after „official” support ends, it’s just subscription based. Some individual customers will probably pay so it’s extra money on top of what they make on corporate volume licensing.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Extended Security Updates for Windows 10 can be purchased today through the Microsoft Volume Licensing Program, at $61 USD per device for Year One. The price doubles every consecutive year, for a maximum of three years.

Welp. Thanks, but no thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Huh, didn't know there was already a subscription option. Perhaps that is the first step