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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

feels like the deal of the century.

For Microsoft, sure. If they capture all Windows 10 machines, they're in for a $21 billion payday. If they get half of them, $10 billion. A quarter, $5 billion. An eighth, $2.5 billion.

Your $30 in aggregate is only a deal for Microsoft. They'll ask for another $30 a year after that and now you've normalized paying for security updates.