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Darkayne Darkayne @lemmy.world
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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
  • 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.

  • Where, and when, did you start using Linux? Where are you now?
  • Just started getting into it with the Win11 bullshit. I come to find that I can customize KDE to pretty much replicate every single thing I like (or just used to) about the Windows experience and toss everything else out. Fedora KDE has me hooked. No plans on going back.

  • Amazon will allow US customers to buy cars on its site from local car dealers starting next year
  • Oh, joy. Think the only thing that would be more 'wtf worthy' than a Prius delivered in an insecticide scented box would be Ikea selling vehicles.