this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2024
424 points (96.9% liked)

Technology

59116 readers
3754 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
L3s@fry.gs
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
424
Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)
submitted 5 days ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
210 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] mark3748@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Requiring a support contract to receive continuing updates of software that was very publicly approaching end of support, with published EoL dates for years now does not break any laws.

By that logic, no support contracts are legal in the EU at all, and no product would ever be sunset.