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Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Reddit user Woopinah9 spotted a notification “while in the middle of working,” where Microsoft thanks Windows 10 “customers” for their loyalty with a full-screen message and then explains the end of support date.
“Your PC is not eligible to upgrade to Windows 11, but it will continue to receive Windows 10 fixes and security updates until support ends on October 14th, 2025,” reads Microsoft’s message.
The options to dismiss the full-screen interruption include “learn more” and “remind me later” buttons, which suggests that this prompt might appear more than once.
Surprisingly, Microsoft’s full-screen prompt doesn’t directly mention that consumers will be able to continue securely using the operating system beyond October 14th, 2025, if they’re willing to pay.
Microsoft revealed last week that it will cost businesses $61 per device for the first year of Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10.
Hopefully, non-business users of Windows 10 will get similar discounts, but Microsoft says it will share details “at a later date.”
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I guess I'll have to pirate security updates at some point, huh?