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Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sad that you get downvoted for such a basic request.

The Linux techbros can suck a fat one.

[–] NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Easy for them, but not everyone else. I'm saying this as someone who's into PCs, used both OS, fixing them for a very long time, and seen a lot different kinds of userbases -- some who don't have formal PC use training. That in my part of the world, while Android is pretty prevalent for smartphones and gaming on them, pirated Windows is still being used for PCs because it's so familiar for a lot of people, it's almost the default, but for how long that's gonna last as Windows is being made more like locked with DRMs and shit like that.