XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   XPost: alt.os.linux   
   From: andrew@spam.net   
      
   AJL wrote on Tue, 2 Jul 2024 07:33:17 -0700 :   
      
   >> Do you still get all the OS updates?? Or does MS think if you will   
   >> not play nicely with them, they will not play nicely with you??   
   >   
   > I'm still getting updates on this Windows 10 Pro laptop (described   
   > above) that has NEVER HAD an MS account. One update is waiting to   
   > install now. However I read that the updates will stop in another year   
   > unless I upgrade to Windows 11. And since there have been no offers I   
   > suspect this cheapie laptop is not capable of using Windows 11.   
      
   My Windows 10 Pro desktop has been getting updates from Microsoft for   
   something like almost 15 years, given the free Windows OS upgrades.   
      
   No MSA account for me either. Hell, I don't even have a password set.   
   (I never understood why people set a password on a home computer.)   
      
   >> HMM! Is it part of the initial purchase agreement of the OS that MS   
   >> MUST provide the purchaser with any relevant updates??   
   >   
   > Dunno about agreements, but every new gadget I have had came with a   
   > period of updates including my Chromebooks and Android toys...   
      
   Related to the power of marketing on the period of updates, almost nobody   
   knows that Apple has the *worst* operating system support in the industry.   
      
   Yup. The worst. And most people think it's the best. Why? Advertising.   
   That's why. People believe whatever they're told to believe by marketing.   
      
   We already showed above that Microsoft fully supports Windows 10 and   
   Windows 11 (as defined by fixing every bug that MS knows about).   
      
   The two major Android manufacturers fully support up to seven releases   
   simultaneously (again, full support means fixing every bug they know of).   
       
       
      
   Google even monthly updates all Android 10+ devices on the net (which is   
   billions every month) for over two dozen core packages (which has no EOL).   
        
      
   Apple?   
      
   Apple has the *worst* operating system hotfix support in the industry.   
       
      
   Apple was forced to admit they've NEVER fully updated ever more than one   
   release and they were forced to publish their update policy to that effect.   
       
       
       
      
   Worse, Apple was forced to finally ditch their ancient monolithic update   
   mechanism to join the modern world in the process of how to patch an OS.   
       
      
   And worse than even the fact only Apple refuses to fully support more than   
   one release at a time, Apple's promise is only for a mere measly 5 years.   
       
      
   It's no wonder why the Apple devices are the most exploited in history.   
       
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)