I decided upon seeing this article I should update my current windows 11 iso.
They have definitely changed the download flow since the last time I attempted.
In order to download the latest windows 11 iso on a non-windows system, you need to go to the download page, select the last option, verify the connection select region and then verify the connection again, upon finishing it they now give you a 24h time limited link.
This seems very counterproductive to convincing people to go back to windows if they had already bailed, I would have thought they would want as less restrictions as possible on the iso itself in hope to get people to go back.
i can’t say I’ve ever had much experience with timed download links for software. generally the software that I’ve used has relied on a permanent link that you can always access and then premium features for the link is locked behind a license key.
I decided upon seeing this article I should update my current windows 11 iso.
They have definitely changed the download flow since the last time I attempted.
In order to download the latest windows 11 iso on a non-windows system, you need to go to the download page, select the last option, verify the connection select region and then verify the connection again, upon finishing it they now give you a 24h time limited link.
This seems very counterproductive to convincing people to go back to windows if they had already bailed, I would have thought they would want as less restrictions as possible on the iso itself in hope to get people to go back.
I don’t think that is much different to any other software firm that sells propriety commercial software.
i can’t say I’ve ever had much experience with timed download links for software. generally the software that I’ve used has relied on a permanent link that you can always access and then premium features for the link is locked behind a license key.