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moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?

www.xda-developers.com

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Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?

www.xda-developers.com

moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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I'll give you five bucks for it.
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    Can MS be sued by EU for this? There was the thing with USB-C, because E-waste, and now the most used Desktop-OS says “just throw your PC away” for a not really needed (and artifically defined) requirement.

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      I don’t think there would be any legal standing for it. The computers being dropped won’t be losing their functionality since users could just switch to something different or keep using Windows 10 without security patches. The

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        The?

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          You heard 'em, “The.”

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            If you have a new WINDOWS ELEVEN11! PC you can read the rest of the text.

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