

Some customers of Members IT Group, a managed services provider (MSP) in Canada, have received this letter, despite not receiving VMware updates since their support contracts expired, CTO Dean Colpitts told Ars. One customer, he said, received a letter six days after their support contract expired.
They will for sure push an automatic update after this and sue.
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Microsoft did label a Windows Server Upgrade accidentally as a security patch once, causing Servers to upgrade, thus requiring a new license
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/windows_2025_surprise_install/