Comment on 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

RealFknNito@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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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  • BreakDecks@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know people tire of the “just use Linux” suggestion, but c’mon man…

    You’re using a 15 year old OS that reached EoL over 4 years ago because the company that made it completely enshittified the next 3 major releases of the OS (and counting). You know Microsoft isn’t going to reverse course and make a good OS again. You’re just creating an even worse problem for yourself by running outdated, insecure code while the rest of the world moves forward.

    Installing and learning how to use Linux is arguably the saner option, but if that’s not something you’re willing to face, at least plan on buying a Mac as your next computer instead of permanently committing yourself to deprecated software, or forcing yourself to accept enshittification because that’s the only upgrade path you’re familar with…

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    • radicalautonomy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      • “forcing yourself to accept enshittification [with Windows] because that’s the only upgrade path you’re familar with”
      • “at least plan on buying a Mac as your next computer”

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  • BaardFigur@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The problem is dropping of software support

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    • lightnegative@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I see why they do it.

      Have you ever started a new job and inherited a codebase that was a steaming pile of s**t?

      Part of improving things and moving forward is not dragging all of that baggage around

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