[kungito]

But they litterally are doing this. And also EU made them make it free for EU citizens so its free in EU and 30$ in the rest of the world afaik. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/extended-security-up...

[sunaookami]

Yes, it's free for one year if you sign into an MS account.

[micronn]

Which makes it not free.

[kungito]

You have to log into w11 anyways as a must, no avoiding it. Sure you wouldnt call this free from purist perspective but from consumer perspective it is

[netdevphoenix]

I thought you could install w11 offline

[TowerTall]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45497384

[1718627440]

It's not free, it's gratis.

[sunaookami]

You know exactly what I mean.

[estimator7292]

Yes, and you're wrong. You're still paying for it.