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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Microsoft, doing it's part to make the world a better place.
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I'm not defending Microsoft here but, the problem in this case isn't Microsoft, there's no reason a person can't educate themselves enough to move away from Windows. If you have access to a PC, you more than likely have access to the internet and there's no shortage of information online.
Yes what Microsoft is doing is negligent. But the consumer can't be completely blameless.
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Good catch, but you know very well I meant that whilst what they're doing is immoral, it's not their fault that people refuse to educate themselves and move away from companies that produce products that "make their hardware unusable". It's not unusable, throwing it away is on the consumer.
This is a thought terminating cliche.
I am not defending scammers but grandma and grandpa do have access to the internet. There are tons of resources to educate yourself on how avoid being scammed.
What scammers are doing is illegal but grandma and grandpa are not blameless.
thanks for comparing requiring a tpm chip to scamming grandma
for once the comparison is apt
Please clarify why the TPM, a decade old security chip, is bad for gran
What Microsoft is doing isn't illegal lmao
"I'm not defending rapists but there's no reason women can't educate themselves on how to make it so they're less likely to be raped.
Yes what rapists are doing is bad. But the person being raped can’t be completely blameless."
thanks for comparing requiring a tpm chip to rape. adds flavor.
I don't know how men being trash is relevant here. It not hard to learn I don't understand what everyones problem is. If I know a product is bad and I keep using It, that's my fault.
While it is true all information is available, it is not feasible for a person to educate themselves on all aspects of life to the point that would, in case of OSes, make them see Linux as an alternative and render them able to operate Linux without any issues.
We know the value of this knowledge, and we focused on that front. Someone else is great at stitching and can create great sustainable clothes, avoiding the trap modern industry gets us into. Someone else is a hacky mechanic, and can fix even modern cars themselves, and knows which ones to avoid etc. etc.
Are we to blame for not knowing everything?
We have to come from the current situation, and, as things stand, most people are not aware of Linux as real desktop alternative as opposed to "hacky server thingy". Heck, for many Windows is the way PC's work, a weird magical word to describe whatever computer software they see. That's just the mainstream narrative, one we heavily rely on in other ways.
That's not taking into account professional software and other factors holding people on Windows. A lot of it doesn't run well in the VM (even QEMU with passthrough), and dualboot is not the most comfortable way to manage different requirements.