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[โ€“] ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So.. Torrenting security patches will be a thing? That would be a bizarre usage of torrents I have to say

[โ€“] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I mean, this is nothing new.
People pirate extended support all the time, just look at LTSB/LTSC.
If ya dig enough you can probably find people Frankensteining patches from POSReady just so they can keep running Win7 lol