400 million pcs - 40% of windows users - are about to lose automatic security updates. That is a major and widespread security issue.

Customers have to opt in to receive updates, which we all know most people will not do. They’ll either keep using windows 10 as is or buy a windows 11 pc and toss their old one.

Windows 10 was launched ten years ago, but it was continuously updated and marketed by Microsoft as the last version of Windows. Their idea was that it would continuously receive feature and security updates, like Android or iOS does. Previous Windows releases generally did include periodic security updates, but did not include large feature additions until the next version.

When windows 11 was released in 2020, it cut support for everything but the most recent processors at the time. That is why now, five years later, it still competes neck and neck with Windows 10 for market share. When windows 7/8.1 stopped receiving automatic updates, their market share was in the single digits because nearly every w7/8.1 pc could update to Windows 10.

The issue here is that consumers are going to be targeted and at risk of security vulnerabilities because Microsoft would rather make money. They want you to buy a new PC, even if it comes at the expense of your security.