How is it a scam? They’re offering a service and asking for a price. It’s the same thing everywhere in software, if you want longer support you need to pay up.
I couldn’t say. I was having some recurring issues on my Pro installation so I was already set on doing a fresh install at the time so I downloaded the necessary ISO from MassGrave, backed up my stuff to an external and pulled the pin. There were some teething issues such as a couple of things I use needing the MS Store and I’m probably one of the few people who actually like Gamebar so figuring out how to install them to a version of Windows that wasn’t intended to have them was an interesting situation but I got there in the end.
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It’s pretty predictable, home users will refuse to upgrade, business will have to for compliance/insurance reasons
Microsoft offered me protection for another year and it didn’t cost me nothing. But I read they have a paid tier as well for support.
the paid scam is 30usd for a year of extended updates.
(the first year only, i’m guessing… if they did it like win7, the price will ramp-up year 2 and again year 3).
How is it a scam? They’re offering a service and asking for a price. It’s the same thing everywhere in software, if you want longer support you need to pay up.
Just turn ESU on with: https://massgrave.dev/
Granted it’s more effort but I recommend switching to LTSC at this point instead.
I think there’s a way of converting (first change to Enterprise, then LTSC) existing installs. I’ve only gone as far as Enterprise with MassGrave
I couldn’t say. I was having some recurring issues on my Pro installation so I was already set on doing a fresh install at the time so I downloaded the necessary ISO from MassGrave, backed up my stuff to an external and pulled the pin. There were some teething issues such as a couple of things I use needing the MS Store and I’m probably one of the few people who actually like Gamebar so figuring out how to install them to a version of Windows that wasn’t intended to have them was an interesting situation but I got there in the end.
Hi, I’m said home user. I refuse to upgrade. He is right.