This week Microsoft announced, which will begin charging users for security patches for Windows 10 after support for the operating system ends in 2025. Usually the company practices this only for corporate clients.
According to The Verge the company will charge users money in the form of an annual subscription. The corporation strongly recommends upgrading to Windows 11, but recognizes that not everyone has the opportunity and suitable hardware for this.
The Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10 includes critical and/or important security updates. ESU does not include new features, non-security updates, or design change requests. Technical support outside of ESU is also not provided.
The cost of a subscription to receive security patches for Windows 10 will be announced later.
Support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025. The latest version of the operating system is build 22H2.
