Microsoft moved Windows 10's free-updates deadline a year without saying a word (neowin.net)
Windows 10 officially died on October 14, 2025. Then Microsoft slipped its consumer Extended Security Updates window a full year forward to October 2027, and let people find out by reading the fine print.
The thread turned the unannounced extension into the joke: 'quietly' is now the giveaway word for AI-written headlines. Underneath the jokes, a sharper read — Microsoft is buying time during a RAM and SSD price spike that makes 'just buy a new PC' a hard sell.
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