From PC Mag: If you're looking to score a free upgrade to Windows 10, your options are limited—and about to run out completely. For most, Microsoft's free upgrade program expired in July 2016. If you snoozed, you earned the unpleasant task of paying at least $120 for the most basic version of Microsoft's latest operating system.
However, Microsoft did offer one loophole for those still looking to acquire Windows 10 for nothing. Those who made use any of Microsoft's assistive technologies in Windows 7 or 8.1 remained eligible to download a free Windows 10 upgrade throughout 2017.
"With more than a billion people with disabilities in the world, we are excited for customers to experience the new accessibility features in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. These include improving the screen reading experience with Narrator, the accessibility of experiences and apps like Microsoft Edge, Mail and the Start menu, as well as better tools and resources for developers to build more accessible apps and experiences," Microsoft wrote on the company's Accessibility Blog last year.
As a number of eager downloaders figured out, Microsoft made no effort to verify that those downloading this version of the free upgrade actually needed assistive technologies. To Microsoft, policing this was probably a low priority—few likely "abused" the system to get a free upgrade. (And if you haven't upgraded by now, more than two years since the official debut of Windows 10, you probably aren't going to scramble to take advantage of the assistive technologies upgrade in its final months.)
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