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Opinion | Microsoft, tactically admitting it has failed at talking all the Windows 10 PC users into moving to Windows 11 after all, is – sort of, kind of – extending Windows 10 support for another year.

For most users, that means they'll need to subscribe to Microsoft 365. This, in turn, means their data and meta-information will be kept in a US-based datacenter. That isn't sitting so well with many European Union (EU) organizations and companies. It doesn't sit that well with me or a lot of other people either.

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[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

According to microsoft, as an enterprise (and other factors) you can buy Advanced Data Residency add-on (ADR) such that your data resides in the country of your choice, not the US.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/enterprise/advanced-data-residency?view=o365-worldwide

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That is good to know.

Though the ask here is getting pretty large:

  • The OS requires a paid license
  • In order to continue receiving security updates, you have to pay an additional subscription fee
  • If you want all your hoovered data to reside in your own country, you have to pay even more
[-] enemenemu@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago
[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It's the summation of all of the above.

Does SUSE require a payment up front, as well as a subscription in order to continue receiving updates, as well as even more payments to ensure hoovered data resides in your country?

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