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Windows 10's extra year of free updates comes with a surprising hidden catch related to Microsoft accounts (www.techradar.com)

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[–] teft@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago

Microsoft has revealed another nuance with how the extra year of free updates for Windows 10 will work
It will require you to be signed into a Microsoft account on an ongoing basis
This is to avoid somebody signing up for extended updates with a Microsoft account, then switching to a local one for the rest of the year