nope. but we have an ‘account charge’ per meter, as well as a ‘cost adjustment’ that has never adjusted lower.

we’ve also had charges for meter replacements we never asked for or needed… not like the old spinny dial ones were broken. or the first digital one they put in… or the second. or the… i’m on my fifth meter in 25 years.

don’t forget the ‘there will be an additional $7.50 used anal probe flavored fee beginning next month’

just give 'em time. it’s still a bit early in the game for that play

iirc, they did do a limited regional test of subscription windows back sometime during win7.

rufus doesn’t help with preloads that you don’t want to or can’t, for whatever reason, overwrite with a ‘clean’ install.

perhaps higher amongst fediverse users, but not with the general public… default settings all around–including auto updates, no intentionally installed browser addons, maybe a wallpaper change. but that’s it… is the most common windows configuration we see, by far.

you could just point them to everybody’s favorite github-hosted script which has an option to unlock extended updates.

some of the schools around me just post on their web site or fb when they’re getting rid of old systems. they’re gone within an hour or two… they’re priced to sell fast.

for shits and giggles i took a win7 and a win81 straight to iot 24 with no problems on either. run the upgrade from a rufus’d (these were 2009-10 era desktops) usb made from a modded (upgradematrix) iso. going to 10 ltsc or iot should be the same process.

donvict’s goon squad is trying to start something that they’ll then turn around and blame ‘protesters’ as they mow 'em all down and haul away those who survive.