Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 users in the European Economic Area (EEA) will get one more year of free updates if they log in with a Microsoft account. This is a win worth celebrating. Our campaigning, writing and chanting forced one of the world’s tech giants to act. That’s no small feat and a clear sign that we have power!
But let’s be honest: this is just a 1-year snooze button.
Being forced to log in to a Microsoft account to get the year makes it not wortg celebrating at all. It is part of their long term plan to turn your OS into a SaaS platform that works for them instead of you.
I mean, it’s marginally better than having to pay or sign up to Backups or Rewards, but yeah, still not great.