No but MS scared people into moving from W7 to W10 citing W7 was no longer secure. So they were forcing people in a way. Wait till 2 years have passed and they will do same again.
The key difference is W10 would run on most pcs but the same is not so true for W11.
So yeah they will force people by scaring them and that is disingenuous.
I already covered why this happens. If the people were to take the time and actually learn about their computers instead of "turn on, open Facebook, react, watch, play games, react, play more games, open email check email, send grandma new pics, close email play more games, close FB and go to bed" then this could not happen.
You cannot take advantage of the educated. But if the people don't want to know, no matter how disingenuous you say it is, it's absolutely no different than any other corporation out there trying to sell you a product while their only real agenda is to maximize their RoI. And let's face it - the people let themselves
be scared - which is the crux of the matter here.
Again, you're not
forced to do anything, even if you may think otherwise. Being
convinced to do something is not the same as being
forced.
True, but my W7 machines are still getting definition and engine updates for their MSE AV through Windows Update and
will continue to do so until January 2023, three years after W7 reached end of support. This is the one part of the paid-for ESU program that is free for all users, not just businesses that have subscribed for
Extended Security Updates.
I suspect W10 will get a similar 3 years of ESU paid for support after 2024, and would expect Defender at least to continue getting its updates.
Most people don't know about this because they don't want to take the time to learn about this, so will just complain and then move on.
The real truth is sad to say it is that Microsoft like other technology companies doesn't really care about its users. They are all out just to make money . That is how it always is and always will be.
It's the definition of a corporation. You have stocks and bonds, ergo you have investors, ergo you have to make the investors happy.
The real truth is also the fact that Microsoft has never taken away your choice to look to other OS alternatives. This isn't to be flippant, but if you're going to make those claims, then you also have to accept the fact that you also have a choice.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This 100%
True but ESU is progressively expensive and I bet 99% of domestic consumers do not even know this exists, let alone be prepared to pay for it.
Because they don't want to know about it.
The reason forums like this place exist, is because techies want more information on how to solve an issue, or how better to accomplish a task, or recommendations on alternative to the software they use, that kind of thing. The vast majority of people don't come to forums like this, they contact tech support to get things fixed - either their OEM, or their OS dev, or their software devs, whomever - because at the end of the day, they have things they need to get done, and simply don't have the time to spend fixing computer stuff.
It's why I've had a job all these years. I do what others don't want to do. I fix that ^%@#%$ that they don't want to touch because they don't understand. Same holds true (in reverse) for my car maintenance. I have picked up stuff here and there, but for major maintenance I don't do it myself - I take it to someone who has done this most of his / her life. When my body needs fixing I go to an appropriate physician, who has trained for a good part of their life on how to fix my ailments.
. A word my Father drummed into me at a young age saying it was the longest word in the dictionary. I wonder if it still is? Only difference was m on the end instead of t (ie ism) :)
