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https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/microsoft-offers-windows-10-extended-security-updates-for-free-you-just-need-to-do-one-thing/

[quote]The ability to get free updates on Windows 10 is a pretty big deal because it is still the most widely used Windows OS, accounting for just over 53% of installs as of May 2025. That leaves millions of people without security support in just a month unless they upgrade. The cloud backup option gives users a way out without costing them any money.

The only potential issue is OneDrive. Anyone with a Microsoft account gets up to 5GB of storage for free. However, as The Verge points out, some backups may exceed this limitation, requiring users to purchase a monthly or yearly plan. At $2 a month for 100GB of cloud storage, a year of OneDrive still costs less than the $30 for a year of additional security updates, but it may still cause frustration among some customers. [/quote]

[quote]The ability to get free updates on Windows is a pretty big deal because....[/quote]

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[quote]as The Verge points out, some backups may exceed this limitation, requiring users to purchase a monthly or yearly plan. At $2 a month for 100GB of cloud storage, a year of OneDrive [/quote]

Butt of crust, dahling!

[quote]At $2 a month for 100GB of cloud storage, a year of OneDrive still costs less than the $30 for a year of additional security updates...[/quote]

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These "tech sites" are sad shells of them former selves.

You have to admit, the timing of my previous comments was impeccable.

Yes, I think so too. :thumbdown:

Yeah, now that I think of it, I believe that's why Microsoft Windows is available so cheap and Microsoft looks the other way when someone basically makes it free. Simply put, a so-called operating system that transforms the 'end-user' into 'the product' should be free. Microsoft and Google both know this. Microsoft just wanted to create the illusion of 'getting it for almost nothing' for those that still believe that things are just like before. Exchange Subscription Edition, anyone?

Sadly, I guess the same could be said of Microsoft and OneDrive as well. :lolno:

Heh, let's enter brutally-honest-mode for a second. Surely, the value of the info-gathering that Google does in ChromeOS Flex isn't so minimal, that Google also needs to push subscriptions to Google Drive [i]that [/i]hard as well. :lol:

[quote=! post_id=20635 time=1755007237 user_id=61]
These machines seem to break easy or made of cheap junk, so I guess it's good nothing is actually "stored" on it locally. On the other hand, techies, will not like it. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:[/quote]

Yeah, we're both thinking that Vanilla ChromeOS and Flex need to be a bit different. Not necessarily radically different, but some.

Heh, I've been rolling some of this over in my mind. I think they encrypt everything. So, I could forgive some of this. I could overlook not sharing partitions, although the value (in security terms) of that when you can access flash drives is dubious at best. As much as I hate to say this, dual-(or more)booting doesn't [i]necessarily[/i] require other operating systems to have access to ChromeOS/Flex's shit.

At bare minimum, they could provide a partition for your own stuff that they promise not to delete. Phrased another way, your files won't be treated as cache. In-overthinking-mode, a tool to recover that partition in the event of disaster would be nice too. Built-in to the images for installation of new versions might be really, really nice.

[quote="Steven W" post_id=20631 time=1754697866 user_id=114]...OS treats all local storage as cache...[/quote]
That's kind'a scary, if accidentally yanking something, but on the other hand, it's made for average user, so, maybe that's a safe approach for them to also not accidentally yank something. These machines seem to break easy or made of cheap junk, so I guess it's good nothing is actually "stored" on it locally. On the other hand, techies, will not like it. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I've been reading up and found something even more troubling than everything else I've mentioned thus far. The fucking OS treats all local storage as cache. That means if the OS decides it needs space...Poof! I guess that's a good segue to the next point(s). No simple control over partitioning, no playing nice with other operating systems. No make-your-own partition for storage. Although, in their infinite kindness, you have been granted permitted access to flash drives.

Perhaps someone needs to sit back and think about how ChromeOS Flex need to behave a bit differently than the ChromeOS that comes natively on Chromebooks, particularly given it being touted as a 'replacement' for Windows. :?:

[quote="Steven W" post_id=20625 time=1754019665 user_id=114]...Things changing ever-other-week...[/quote]
One of most absolute disgusting behaviours to me. I HATE it when I wake up and poof, things are shuffled around randomly, colors changed, etc., it's FUCKING TOOL, not a toy! Like I got this app to turn my light on and off, they updated it randomly, and now instead of darker blue it flashes full light into my face, very nasty when I'm trying to turn the light on at night. :sick: :sick: :sick: