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Comment by marktangotango | Hacker News Reader

Am I alone in assuming they'll just do the Windows 10 unwanted upgrade, again, when 11 adoption rate isn't where they want it to be? Choice doesn't matter to these mega corps, so long as we use their stores and view their ads. Thank god for Gnu and Linux!

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That's the most probable scenario and I wouldn't be surprised that in the end they'll lower the requirements for 11 even more. Back then, the marketing tactic of "hurry up, limited-time offer only" was in the use for this free Windows 10 upgrade but people were still able to get the upgrade after the deadline; then, some used the obscure way of getting the upgrade by special offer for people with accessibility issues.

> Choice doesn't matter to these mega corps

Choice doesn't matter and it's an OK policy to annoy user periodically with options, suggestions, offers, up until it gives up and agrees for something it didn't want in first place but wants to get rid of the annoying notifications or whatever form this harassment takes. The permanent "No, thank you, I'm not interested" doesn't exist in corporate world too - there's only place for "Fine but we will ask you again and again", sadly.

> then, some used the obscure way of getting the upgrade by special offer for people with accessibility issues.

On that note, it was removed, so now the only way I know that works is to do an in-place upgrade via the Windows 10 installation media ('upgrade this pc now') then sign in with a Microsoft account to get your license attached to the MSA, then you can do a full reinstall and keep the license.

They’ll have to be able to figure out where it will run first. Amazing to me that this is still in question.

I agree. There is a lot of fear mongering coming out of Microsoft now, like their "we can't promise security upgrades" for people who ISO install on unsupported hardware.

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