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And in order to get the Windows 10 updates in the article, you need to sign up for an MS account, or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you.
by RachelF 3mo ago
And in order to get the Windows 10 updates in the article, you need to sign up for an MS account, or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you.
- palmotea 3mo ago> And in order to get the Windows 10 updates in the article, you need to sign up for an MS account, or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you. Can you elaborate on the "or pay them $30 a year not to spy on you" part? Ctrl-F isn't finding any mention of that in either https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-quietly-gets-one-more-year-of-support-and-updates/ https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-10-quietly-gets-one-more... or https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-03-12/i-ll-probably-never-use-windows https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-03-12/i-ll-probably-never-....
- mkl 3mo agoIt's in the linked Neowin article on how to get the updates: https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-get-one-more-year-of-windows-10-updates-for-free/ https://www.neowin.net/guides/how-to-get-one-more-year-of-wi...
- layer8 3mo agoYou can bypass the account requirement using https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU https://github.com/abbodi1406/ConsumerESU. Of course that isn’t endorsed by Microsoft.
- RachelF 3mo agoThank you for that link!