Hi everyone,
Microsoft will end support for windows 10 on the 15th of October 2025, they're however offering "extended security updates" (ESU).
For this you will need to log in with a microsoft account and choose from 3 options, extend security updates for a year with either microsoft points, pay 30 dollar or set up a backup and sync your settings to the microsoft cloud.
I don't trust microsoft so I kinda find it dubious that they're offering a free 1 year extension with the syncing your settings data while they also have a 30 dollar paid option.
Now I don't know what exactly they want the settings data for or what they can do with that but this being microsoft so probably nothing good.
There is however a 4th option called 0patch, this is a third party company that is not owned by microsoft. This will cost about 25 bucks per device for 1 year to receive windows 10 security patches and they will support windows 10 until at least 2030.
0patch however works with micropatching security vulnerabilities in the memory and doesn't install the patches directly in the OS unlike the microsoft windows 10 ESU.
I don't want to upgrade my main machine to windows 11 which is a machine from 2017 with tpm 2.0 and secure boot but does not have a supported CPU, a limit that was artificially set by microsoft to have everyone buy new machines so they can make a buck or have better spying on those new machines or whatever orwellian evil reason is behind it.
I can however upgrade my machine using rufus but there is not guaranty that microsoft will continue to allow updates to any windows 11 that was installed with rufus on unsupported hardware.
I want to hold off windows 11 for as long a possible with all the security and privacy issues like the copilot and recall and whatever dystopian black mirror windows 11 nightmare spying features they will unleash on us next.
So which one is best, the windows 10 ESU or 0patch? Or are they the same when it comes to security?