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wlesieutre on Dec 6, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for W...

Same as usual, they were doing this until just recently with Windows 7 updates

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-clien...

Windows 8 didn't get an ESU program though, I have to assume because it didn't get the adoption of 7 and people mostly moved on to 10.

ndiddy on Dec 6, 2023 [–]

The difference is that the Windows 10 updates will be available as a subscription for regular consumers rather than being purely for enterprise customers. AFAIK this is a first for Microsoft.

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