• scarabic@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Well there are 3 options and they are all bad.

    1. pay to upgrade your PC (or for extended 10 support)
    2. stay on 10 and go without security updates
    3. jump through hoops to update to 11 unsupported

    It’s almost like being on Windows is all bad.

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      18 days ago

      You think Linux is any better? I have to upgrade my Mint install every two years! And I have to wait for them to get their update tool ready. And then it takes like 15 minutes or so to complete! My time does not grow on trees!

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      18 days ago
      1. Use another OS (I hear temple OS is even better then 11 these days)

      I would vote for 2. myself, its not like the security updates have been deal breakers before (nothing is secure anyway).

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        18 days ago

        You’re about to get ripped to shreds for daring to suggest the odds of anything actually happening to someone on a recently discontinued operating system are not dramatically higher as long as the user has basic use cases and basic tech literacy.

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          18 days ago

          Eh I am used to it. Even when I ask for an example of a end user getting compromised from using out of date software (like a news story, court case, etc.) and they come up empty I am still somehow the “insane” one. You are better to learn to back up things, not get caught in phishing attacks (the most common risk) and watch your accounts then even worrying about security updates.

          Worked 15 years in the industry but, hey what do I know… Not like your bank is still using server 2008 and windows 7 or anything…