In 2021, Microsoft set an end-of-support date for Windows 10 of October 2025. As we hit the halfway mark to October 2025 last year, Microsoft announced a way to continue getting security updates for Windows 10: a paid extended support program. And thanks to a Microsoft Tech Community post (via Windows Central), we know how much it'll cost — and it's pretty expensive.
The extended support program can give you an extra three years of security updates for Windows 10, but it costs $61 per device for the first year. This price doubles for the next two years ($122 in Year Two, $244 in Year Three), and if you opt in during year two or three, you'll have to pay for any update years you'd missed because the "ESUs are cumulative."
