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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 9 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 9 months ago (26 children)

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

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

most normal people are just going to be happy their computer isn't annoying them about restarting for updates every two days

[–] init@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, Microsoft will still find a way to annoy them, mark my words

[–] zbyte64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago

Last update will spam the user to upgrade their computer. If they could brick it and get away with it they would.

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