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
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Techies? Probably. Your average user? They will keep using windows 10. Just like they’ve been using XP, Vista, and 8(.1) wayyyyy past EoL.
Yeah, this is the more likely scenario.
It's not just consumers, a large proportion of the CNC machine industry still runs it's machine operating system on windows XP for what they claim to be "reliability". But I call bullshit, they just don't want to spend more money on software development.