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Microsoft's Windows 10 move could drive landfill surge (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] liyunxiao 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's partially liability. When Microsoft ends security updates all liability during a cyber security incident would fall on the end company knowingly running unsupported, and at that point not officially licensed for use software.

The solution obviously being installed Linux or pass legislation to make artificial hardware requirements illegal for operating systems (tpm 2.0).

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