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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by catch22@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft, doing it's part to make the world a better place.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes, because normal people always throw PCs away when they stop getting security updates.

[–] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

When Chrome/Firefox stop getting updates and websites stop working they will

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

So 5-10 years after Windows EOL

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hack the planet?! Finally.

My guess is that Microsoft will notify the users often enough, that's something we don't know in the smartphone space, we'll see what happens