Consumer Reports Warns Ending Free Windows 10 Support Is A National Security Threat

While AMD is keeping its nine-year-old socket AM4 kicking with yet another Ryzen 5000 series processor launch, Microsoft is getting ready to send its decade-old operating system, Windows 10, into retirement. It's not a total retirement, but free support for Windows 10 comes to an end next month, and Consumer Reports sees this as a major security risk.

In an open letter sent to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the consumer advocacy group urges Nadella to reconsider ending free support in October, saying that doing so will leave millions of operational devices unprotected, posing a national security threat.

"This decision will strand millions of consumers who have computers that are incompatible with Windows 11, and force them to pay $30 for a one-year extension of support, spend hundreds on a new Windows 11-capable computer, or do nothing and see the security and functionality of their computer degrade over time. This ...