Microsoft tries to convince Windows 10 users with full-screen prompts
Microsoft is urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 before its end of support in October 2025, despite ongoing feature releases for Windows 10 causing user confusion.
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Microsoft is intensifying efforts to persuade Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 as the end of support for Windows 10 approaches in October 2025. The company has implemented fullscreen prompts that encourage users to consider purchasing new Windows 11 PCs, highlighting features like "Copilot Plus" for an enhanced experience. These prompts do not inform users that they can continue using Windows 10 securely beyond the support cutoff, although Microsoft is offering Extended Security Updates for a fee. The push for upgrades is particularly relevant as Windows 11 is only compatible with CPUs released from 2018 onward, limiting the number of devices that can upgrade. Despite these efforts, Windows 11 adoption remains slow, although it briefly became the most popular operating system for PC gaming on Steam. Microsoft has also complicated its messaging by continuing to release new features for Windows 10, despite previously stating that major updates would cease in 2023. This has led to confusion among users regarding the future of Windows 10.
- Microsoft is using fullscreen prompts to encourage Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11.
- Windows 10 will reach end of support in October 2025, but users can still use it securely with paid Extended Security Updates.
- Windows 11 is only compatible with newer CPUs, limiting upgrade options for many users.
- Windows 11 adoption is lagging, despite briefly becoming the most popular OS for PC gaming.
- Microsoft continues to release new features for Windows 10, creating confusion about its support status.
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6 commentsNo way I'm upgrading to Windows 11 soon...or probably ever. All of my other machines are Linux, and the only reason this one is Windows is for Photoshop and desktop Excel, neither one of which I am attached to, as Open Source alternatives are getting better and better.
Not that Win10 is drastically better, but at least you can turn off most of the dumb Win10 things that Win11 will absolutely force down your throat, given half a chance.
I'll take their contempt for full-screen misleading Windows ads with a pinch of salt.
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