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I expect that they will cave in to some degree and expand the free ESU program to private consumers outside the EU. Don’t forget also that Office 2019 is also

I expect that they will cave in to some degree and expand the free ESU program to private consumers outside the EU. Don’t forget also that Office 2019 is also going EOL (among other things) on 14 October. Despite Microsoft’s efforts, people still use and even prefer their non-cloud products at home and enterprise. The most exposed component of Windows is going to be the Edge browser, but throw in an unpatched Outlook and Word, and there’s a potential blood bath brewing after the first few vulnerabilities are disclosed.

ketzu 1y ago
> people still use and even prefer their non-cloud products at home and enterprise. You can still buy office as single-purchase standalone versions. I think the most recent version is 2024. I worked on a project migrating away from office 2003... in 2022. In my opinion, people use outdated versions of Office because they want to, as it fulfils their needs, not because they can't buy standalone versions.
- eszed 1y ago
  For my users it's because they hate UI changes. That's it. That's the need.