Using sync as a transfer service?

I've setup Sync and have all my current data on a new laptop. I have to decommission my desktop for work. The desktop is the source computer I setup sync from.
If I get rid of my desktop completely, will I loose data eventually, or can I set the laptop as the root of the sync from now on, or now that the laptop has all my data carried over, can I break the sync and keep the data over there?
Thanks in advance!

once the data has reached your device, it's not dependent on sync anymore, so this desn't affect your local data. i'm not entirely sure on how long the transition period will be, but at one point i suspect that the old sync servers will just be taken offline and encrypted data on there will be deleted.

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