If it's unsupported why do they keep forcing updates on me?

windows 11 is my friend,
I've a friend in Windows.

Europe gets free extra year but they will shove the forced Windows account down your throat for it. Windows 11 would mean the same forced account though so not much difference, at least you don`t have the extra spyware package that comes with 11.

I've been helping the remaining people in my family transition to GNU/Linux. So far, it's been very successful.

Just get security updates, I'll move on to Windows 11 once the beta testers say it's ok

If you can’t beat them join them.

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

If you can’t beat them join them.

Pretty much. Corporations are becoming totally ruthless forcing people hand over all their info and spying on them on top of that. Zero privacy future, basically even not future but already there.

Originally posted by BigBallinChester:

I signed up for extended security updates.

I wanted to sign up for the extended thing, but it asked me to convert from local account to microsoft account.

And the last time I had to use Teams it also asked for such an account and I hate it, so I did nothing.

Gonna buy the extension eventually, but I've got a lot of PCs and not enough time to update them all now.

Originally posted by bAd a!m:

Originally posted by BigBallinChester:

I signed up for extended security updates.

I wanted to sign up for the extended thing, but it asked me to convert from local account to microsoft account.

And the last time I had to use Teams it also asked for such an account and I hate it, so I did nothing.

Gonna buy the extension eventually, but I've got a lot of PCs and not enough time to update them all now.

There is another dirty trick both Microsoft and YouTube are doing with their accounts. When you create it and hand them over your info they will close your account after few days and tell you that your account was temporarily suspended for "suspicious network activity" and to open it you need to hand over your phone number to them.
In reality there is no freaking suspicious activity and they are using this just as excuse to force your phone number out of you.

Doing as I did for Windows 7, keep it as long as possible. Then switch to Linux although I'm not very enthousiast about it, but still better than Windows 11.

Nothing. I'm already on linux.
I use Arch btw.

I upgraded years ago and have never had issues outside of the odd annoyance. Both versions have telemetry and even Windows 10 is quite extensive in that regard. 11 adds more on security and cloud reporting which is largely because it’s enforcing TPM, Secure Boot, and the lovely Microsoft account integration. However neither OS allows full opt-out unless you’re on Enterprise LTSC and even then, some core diagnostic reporting remains.

Originally posted by libadwaita ΘΔ (she/they):

I've been helping the remaining people in my family transition

Eww bro what duh hellll

Originally posted by Rumpelcrutchskin:

Originally posted by bAd a!m:

I wanted to sign up for the extended thing, but it asked me to convert from local account to microsoft account.

And the last time I had to use Teams it also asked for such an account and I hate it, so I did nothing.

Gonna buy the extension eventually, but I've got a lot of PCs and not enough time to update them all now.

There is another dirty trick both Microsoft and YouTube are doing with their accounts. When you create it and hand them over your info they will close your account after few days and tell you that your account was temporarily suspended for "suspicious network activity" and to open it you need to hand over your phone number to them.
In reality there is no freaking suspicious activity and they are using this just as excuse to force your phone number out of you.

Yes, I can confirm this.

At some point my password stopped working and I had to "confirm" a phone number, even if at that point they didn't have my number. So I used the default public number I have, and since then my microsoft account is fine, even if I use it 3 times per year.

Originally posted by trash can:

Originally posted by libadwaita ΘΔ (she/they):

I've been helping the remaining people in my family transition

Eww bro what duh hellll

not that kind on transition breh