Microsoft Confirms $1.50 Windows Security Update Hotpatch Fee Starts July 1

by ok123456 on 4/30/2025, 8:09:57 PM with 12 comments

  • by jll29 on 4/30/2025, 8:41:47 PM

    This is genious, whoever came up with it!

    Imagine doing that in pharma also: you pay a regular monthly fee for the side effects of the medical drugs you took (caused by the pharma company, not by you).

  • by Terr_ on 4/30/2025, 8:25:26 PM

    > Windows Server 2025

    Over on the consumer side, I'd rather pay $1.50 to permanently regain full control over when the computer I own reboots for updates.

    (Yes yes, insert Use Linux Joke here.)

  • by greyadept on 4/30/2025, 9:54:34 PM

    I would hate to be the Microsoft account manager having to explain this fee to a CIO. Especially when Linux kernel livepatch is free.

  • by brutal_chaos_ on 4/30/2025, 11:04:07 PM

    Get ready to see a lot more hotfixes...

  • by peltoche on 5/2/2025, 7:10:03 AM

    Serious question: what windows does/does better than Linux that can explain be ready to pay for using their server softwares?

  • by mystified5016 on 5/1/2025, 3:57:50 PM

    Pretty ballsy for Microsoft to charge a subscription fee for a feature that Linux has had for decades.

    I don't expect this to go well for them.

  • by a_void_sky on 5/1/2025, 8:34:43 AM

    incentivizing themselves for building a broken system, you can do anything if you have a majority of market share

  • by euroderf on 4/30/2025, 10:18:03 PM

    Chiselers.

  • by supportengineer on 4/30/2025, 11:40:32 PM

    Obligatory "I'm gonna write myself a new minivan this afternoon"