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

26 ok123456 9 4/30/2025, 8:09:57 PM forbes.com ↗

Comments (9)

a_void_sky · 19m ago

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

jll29 · 12h ago

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).

otterley · 10h ago

This is literally the plot context of a recent Black Mirror episode. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30127325/

Terr_ · 12h ago

> 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.)

greyadept · 10h ago

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

jerlam · 7h ago

Goes hand in hand with the paid Microsoft Extended Security Updates service for "legacy" operating systems.

brutal_chaos_ · 9h ago

Get ready to see a lot more hotfixes...

euroderf · 10h ago

Chiselers.

supportengineer · 9h ago

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