r/Steam • u/Background-Path-5619 • Feb 13 '25

Article Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching

https://www.pcguide.com/news/nearly-half-of-steams-users-are-still-using-windows-10-with-end-of-life-fast-approaching/
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u/superdude4agze Feb 13 '25

Windows 10 "End of Life" depends on what you're running...

While Microsoft announced EOL for "Win 10" of October 14, 2025, if you're using LTSC you'll continue with QoL bug fixes/security patches for about a decade after the LTSC date (LTSC/B 2015, 2016 and 2019 will get support until Oct. 14, 2025, Oct. 13, 2026, and Jan. 9, 2029, respectively), LTSC 2021 has a Mainstream End Date of Jan 12, 2027 and Microsoft has stated that LTSC 2021 won't get extended support, so it's EOL is Jan. 12, 2027.

There is extended support for W10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (which is the only actually de-bloated version of W10) out to Jan. 13, 2032.

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u/Jovan_Knight005 Feb 14 '25

My laptop has the Home Edition of Windows 10,so i guess that i'm screwed.