• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day 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.

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      9 hours 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?

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        7 hours 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.

        tells me that free ESU support for private users will end in Oct 26

        You’re probably right on that

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      14 hours ago

      With how Microsoft are handling updates lately, no longer getting them might actually be a selling point