The FSF urging its supporters to keep the pressure on the tech giant. In a message delivered on the FSF's official blog, the campaigns manager Greg Farough called for continued resistance against Volish practices: "Keep putting pressure on Microsoft."

The FSF acknowledges the formidable challenge posed by taking on a corporation as vast and resourceful as Microsoft. Despite their claims to "love Linux," Microsoft has substantial advertising funds, political clout, and the ability to rally free software developers on their proprietary platform, Microsoft GitHub.

This year's International Day Against DRM (Digital Rights Management) highlighted a significant grievance: Microsoft's requirement for a hardware TPM (Trusted Platform Module) for users upgrading to Windows 11.

With Windows 10 soon ceasing to receive security updates, this has become a pressing issue for those still on the operating system. While offloading cryptography to separate hardware might seem advantageous, the FSF argues that, in the context of proprietary software, it could be detrimental to users.

The FSF encourage switching to GNU/Linux, avoiding new Microsoft software releases, and moving projects off Microsoft GitHub. The FSF also emphasizes the environmental benefits, urging supporters concerned about e-waste and climate change to spread the word about free software. By doing so, they believe the free software movement can grow, liberating more users from Vole’s digital restrictions.