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With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be these computers’ only secure hope, what do you think?

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[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

important tldr summary: "Many Windows 10 computers do not meet the Windows 11 system requirements"

[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

i pretty much dont give a fuck what companies do.
except its hella destructive/wastefull to the environment.. and also will probably drive up the price of computers for everyone.

[–] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

They should face huge fines for this kind of waste. $25M USD for each computer arbitrarily obsolete.

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