this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2025
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No, I'm in the USA, this is what they're offering in the USA, a year of extra security updates if you log in with an MS account and backing up the system to the cloud.
I'm actually a bit surprised the EU would allow it instead of just forcing MS to give everyone another free year of updates.
But I still see a potential Windows 7 situation happening, where they try to force the change, but so many people stay on Windows 10 and just accept the lack of updates that Microsoft will be eventually forced to push more security updates to not appear to endorse letting millions of machines become parts of botnets.
They did: https://baltimorechronicle.com/other/2025/10/10/windows-10-security-updates-free-in-europe-what-users-need-to-know/
Also, you can just pay $30 in the US if you don't wanna sign in.