$10 says a future win10 update includes a killswitch. If it hasn't already
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2025
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I literally can't. And I'm not buying new hardware just to make the switch.
For anyone that refuses to downgrade win10 to win11 and still wants to be secure running windows, 0Patch will cover your computer for 25eur/computer/year.
I've never used them, but a security researcher I follow regularly promoted them since they've been doing this for systems for a good while (I think win7 was the first one they did) and are able to apply their micropatches in memory.
Definitely worth a look if you don't want to upgrade to Linux while not downgrading to win11.
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Funny how Kaspersky thinks what it comes down to are people who are afraid of change, when there's also just people who are also not too happy with the direction Microsoft is taking their OS. And then there's the fact that their stats only come from users who still use Kaspersky, which might be mostly businesses, instead of the average joe, skewing the data.
I moved to a linux-only system for about 5 years now, and it's been great, as a daily-driver and a learning experience as well. Microsoft does so much hand-holding that it's own users are not expected to care about security and privacy.
Hahahahah. "Upgrade."
Win 11 launcher is pure shit.