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 : technology

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (35 children)

just use linux instead.

why are people allergic to ~~windows~~ linux?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Gaming is the primary driver behind my PC choices by a humongous margin. I'm not really concerned about imvasive anti-cheat software, I don't want to tinker with settings, I want to turn on my computer and play video games. That means I use Windows.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I don't think allergic is the word you were looking for.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Fuck microsoft, on the bright side thing of all the cheap 2nd hand hardware

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wine + proton/valve has made it very easy to run most anything windows related nowadays. I would expect this to help make Linux gain market share.

I'm still on the fence if gaining market share is a good thing ultimately, but I'm hoping to see it play out.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

This is why I switched over to Mac back in 2022. I knew that I didn't want to move forward with Windows but had to get a new computer anyways. I already have an iPhone and a Mac Mini M1 was only $700. Thanks Microsoft for forcing a Windows user of 30 years away from your OS.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Microsoft doing its* part

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (11 children)

I feel like MS could avoid everyone’s gripes by simply not charging for their security update program. 7 to 13+ years is going to more than cover when most people would’ve upgraded anyway.

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[+] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder how long it will be until Windows is a subscription based desktop?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go ahead. Drop support for Windows 10. I stopped your mandatory updates months ago.

You cannot hurt me any longer.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I still have a box running 7. People around here act like it's the end of the world.

"Oh no, security, updates, blah blah!"

I've had 1000x more problems cause by updates than being hacked. And I've been using this stuff since DOS 4.x, Windows 1.0, etc.

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[+] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Let's not mention the extended update service that people can buy for three years and that will make the oldest incompatible CPU 10 years old at that point...

What a weird way to say that the OS they bought will stop being supported on their 7 year old CPU unless they pay a subscription.

On a bit more serious way, it's a bit of a slap in the face that, you could buy W10, in theory as a single payment, with no announced EOL, and now they say that even though they are going to keep working on security updates, you have to pay extra for it.

I would have respected more of there was no extended period. This way they are encouraged to have higher W11 requirements, so that they can earn more with OEM licenses and subscriptions. And given the nature of the OS and telemetry, they are extremely informed about the install base, so it is a very calculated decision.

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