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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Darkayne@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I see a lot of people deny articles about "e-waste" calling them clickbait headlines and such. While I do agree there is a clickbait problem, I have to take it into consideration when I'm witnessing the company I work for right now tossing all the office computers in a pile to smash the hard drive. They just got all new computers a year and a half ago, and these are pretty good for an office workhorse. I thought it might be because of some weird HP contract or something, so I asked. But no, turns out some of them can't upgrade to 11, and they must all go in the dumpster. "HP won't take them back and it's easier to just get all new ones." I've heard similar reports from other companies in the area.

Again I do agree there is a clickbait problem, but I think we need to realize that Microsoft and companies like HP know exactly what they are doing to keep the money flowing in.