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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 149 points 8 months ago (26 children)

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

[–] Contend6248@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

Routers put paid to a lot of that. Early modems were like sticking your dick directly into the internet. I remember when Blaster came out and suddenly we all had to learn what a firewall was.

Hard to believe we just sat there with every port open to the net like that.

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